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Brephidium exilis thompsoni Carpenter & Lewis, 1943. The western pygmy blue (Brephidium exilis or Brephidium exile) is one of the smallest butterflies in the world and the smallest in North America. It has reached Hawaii, as well as the Persian Gulf, including eastern Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.
Polyommatini. Genus: Brephidium. Scudder, 1876. Brephidium is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. [1] They are known commonly as pygmy blues. The species of this genus have a disjunct distribution. Two of the three species are found in the Americas while the third is found in Africa.
In Georgia, the eastern pygmy-blue is the smallest butterfly, where it lives along coastal portions of southeastern Georgia. It is a blue butterfly with a row of four silvery black spots along the ventral hindwing margin. Adults have a low, weak flight pattern and flutter just above the surface of host plants.
Brephidium exile (western pygmy-blue) Brephidium isophthalma (eastern pygmy-blue) Celastrina ladon (spring azure) Celastrina neglecta (summer azure) Cupido comyntas (eastern tailed-blue) Echinargus isola (Reakirt's blue) Euphilotes rita (rita dotted-blue) Glaucopsyche lygdamus (silvery blue) Hemiargus ceraunus (Ceraunus blue) Icaricia lupini ...
The western tailed-blue (Cupido amyntula) is a Nearctic non-migratory butterfly that commonly takes flight during the spring and summer seasons of March–July. They can be best classified as having a presence of a tail on their hindwing, an upper surface that's bluish while the under surface is chalky-white with occasional black spots, and an orange spot toward the base of their tail.
The Palos Verdes blue butterfly has a wingspan of only 25–30 mm (0.98–1.18 in). The male has a bright silvery-blue dorsal wing outlined in a narrow line of black, while the female's dorsal wing is a more brownish-gray colour. Both males and females have gray ventral wings with dark spots surrounded by white rings. [5]
Western pygmy blue, Brephidium exilis Male eastern tailed blue, Cupido comyntas Female eastern tailed blue, Cupido comyntas Acmon blue, Icaricia acmon. Heather blue, Agriades cassiope; Arctic blue, Agriades glandon; Cranberry blue, Agriades optilete; Sierra Nevada blue, Agriades podarce; Western pygmy blue, Brephidium exilis
Western pygmy blue Lucas's blue. Brephidium exilis thompsoni (Carpenter & Lewis, 1943) – pygmy blue (Es) Chlorostrymon maesites (Henrrich-Schäffer, 1864) – amethyst hairstreak; Cyclargus ammon erembis Nabokov, 1948 – Lucas's blue (Es) Electrostrymon angelia (Hewitson, 1874) – fulvous hairstreak; Eumaeus atala (Poey, 1832) – Atala