Silvery Blue
Glaucopsyche lygdamus
Summary 5
Glaucopsyche lygdamus, the silvery blue, is a small butterfly native to North America. Its upperside is a light blue in males and a dull grayish blue in females. The underside is gray with a single row of round spots of differing sizes depending upon the region.
Sources and Credits
- ALAN SCHMIERER, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BLUE,_SILVERY_(glaucopsyche_lygdamus)_(4-08-07)_canet_rd,_morro_bay,_slo_co,_ca_(1)_(9422106627).jpg
- (c) Jess Morton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jess Morton
- (c) Brad Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), https://www.flickr.com/photos/57402879@N00/177095078/
- (c) D. Gordon E. Robertson, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Silvery_Blue,_Nose_Hill,_Calgary.jpg
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaucopsyche_lygdamus
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- Animal Diversity Web
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- BugGuide
- Butterflies and Moths of North America
- CalPhotos
- CUIC Insect Images
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- Maryland Biodiversity Project
- Maryland Moths
- Mass Moths
- Moth Photographers Group
- Moths of North Carolina
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- Pacific Northwest Moths
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