Ceraunus Blue

Hemiargus ceraunus

Summary 7

Hemiargus ceraunus, the Ceraunus Blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the south-western United States, southern Texas, Florida and the Florida Keys south through the West Indies, Mexico and Central America to South America. Strays may be found in North Carolina, Missouri, Kansas and Nevada. The habitat consists of open woodland, desert scrub, dunes, pastures, road edges and vacant lots.

North american ecology (us and canada) 8

Mostly migratory in North America with resident populations in Southern California/Arizona, s. Texas, and S. Fla. (Scott 1986). Habitats are subtropical to upper Sonoran zone open woodland and desert. Host plants are usually herbaceous or shrubs with most known hosts from one family, Leguminosae. Eggs are laid on the host plant singly. There are multiple flights each year with the approximate flight time year-round in Fla and Tex, late Mar-Nov30 in S. Calif. (Scott 1986).

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Bob Peterson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/50152666@N02/5076094341
  2. (c) Mary Keim, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5032/5910184823_3d1dd47d18.jpg
  3. (c) Bob Peterson, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7218/7376863244_f370c233ba_o.jpg
  4. (c) Bob Peterson, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7227/7283125018_2c18ee5d55_o.jpg
  5. (c) Bill Bouton, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://butterfliesofamerica.com/images/Theclinae/Polyommatinae/Hemiargus_ceraunus_astenidas/Hemiargus_ceraunus_astenidas_F_Falcon_Heights_Starr_Co_TX_USA_07-XI-07_BB.jpg
  6. (c) Bill Bouton, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://butterfliesofamerica.com/images/Theclinae/Polyommatinae/Hemiargus_ceraunus_astenidas/Hemiargus_ceraunus_astenidas_Falcon_Dam_Starr_Co_TX_USA_01-XI-07_BB1.jpg
  7. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemiargus_ceraunus
  8. (c) Leslie Ries, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/19605994

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