Shy Eastern Tailed Blue Butterfly
by Karen Adams
Title
Shy Eastern Tailed Blue Butterfly
Artist
Karen Adams
Medium
Photograph - Fine Art Digital Prints - Photography
Description
I was quietly trying to follow this little beauty around my garden, and that is probably the only reason I saw him hiding here among the little yellow Coreopsis flowers. When you are this tiny and delicate . . . the rest of the world looks pretty big and scary . . . I would definitely be shy too!
Commonly known as Eastern Tailed Blue, the proper name is Cupido comyntas, of the family, Lycaenidae and subfamily, Polyommatinae. They are very tiny with about 1" for wing span. To Identify an Eastern Tailed Blue look for one narrow tail on hindwing. The upperside of male is an iridescent blue. In the summer, females are uniformly brown, but in the spring females are a bit smaller with much blue at the wing bases. This image was taken in August of 2016. The underside of the hindwing is a pale gray with a black bar, distinct black spots, and three large orange spots at the outer margin near tail. I love how the antennae seem to be stripped black and white!
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November 28th, 2016
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