Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus nittanyensis)

Single brooded (flying in April/May) , this species is rare to uncommon and found only in the sw mountains in NC (although it's widespread in the US).
Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus) Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus)
Clay Co., NC
14 May 2005
Clay Co., NC
14 May 2005

Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus) Silvery Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus)
Clay Co., NC
21 May 2005
Here's a Silvery Blue from Mt. Rainier, WA
(Glaucopsyche lygdamus columbia)
9 Aug 2004

Carolina Vetch Wood Vetch (Vicia caroliniana)
is the main host plant for Silvery Blues in NC.

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Created on ... May 17, 2005 | Updated on ... May 30, 2005 | jspippen@duke.edu