Spring Azure Butterfly
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This is a very common species across the United States. Most accounts of the Spring Azure start with the fact that it is one of the first spring butterflies.
More advanced accounts of the species add that lepidopterists currently disagree on whether to split the species into two different groups, depending on seasonality, spring azure and summer azure.
The above picture shows the basic Spring Azure characteristics from a size view. There is a superficial chevron mark on each wing that sits below a pattern of small dark spots.
The dark pattern above the spots is also an identifying clue and it differentiates the Spring Azure from the Silvery Blue.
© 2003 Patricia A. Michaels