#plebejus

[herpsandbirds]

I recently misidentified a Melissa blue as a Karner blue. The same, the same of it all...

Blues can be difficult at a distance!

Karner Blue Butterfly (Plebejus samuelis), family Lycaenidae, North Central U.S.

ENDANGERED.

Formerly Plebejus melissa samuelis.

photographs via: USFWS & Ed Post

Melissa Blue Butterfly (Plebejus melissa), family Lycanidae, found in the Western U.S.

photos: Donald Gudehus & Tom Koerner

[crudlynaturephotos]

[dendroica]

Female Karner Blue Butterfly (via USFWS Midwest Region)

Photo by Jill Utrup/USFWS.

[hinry]

Plebejus icarioides, Boisduval’s blue [I’m pretty sure]

Rattlesnake National Recreation Area, Missoula, Montana

25 June 2018

[herpsandbirds]

Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus), family Lycaenidae, Poland

photograph by Igor Czapnik

[fancygirlplays]

Cute

[hinry]

Plebejus

Rattlesnake National Recreation Area, Missoula, Montana

21 April 2016

[hinry]

Plebejus

Rattlesnake National Recreation Area, Missoula, Montana

19 April 2016