A couple of Camera Critters ago, I showed y’all a Dotted Blue butterfly. It has markings similar to a variety of small blue Lepidoptera found in my area. In case you have forgotten, here is the Dotted Blue again.
I always try to photograph these little leps whenever I can.
Several weeks ago, I was going through some of my photos and noticed one I had forgotten about (I take a lot of photos and have a limited memory 8v). I looked at the image and my first thought was, "I did image a Dotted Blue before.”
Then I looked closer at the butterfly and saw the outer fringes of the wings are not dark in any part of the fringes. I also noticed the dominate outline of the wings. I had read before about a blue butterfly in the west which has evenly colored fringes. It’s a Rita’s Blue.
However, a Rita’s Blue is not found in this area. I’ve checked a number of different blue butterflies, and find nothing to match, except the Dotted Blue. That means I did photograph one before the one above. See for yourself and if you know a definitive identity of it, let me know.
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12 comments:
They are such beautiful little butterflies. When they fly past, you would never imagine that such markings, color, and beauty would be on those tiny wings.
Wonderful little guys. I can't help with the ID, but aren't they wonderful???!!!!
This is a lovely one :)
That is one beautiful butterfly! It certainly looks like a member of the Gossamer-wing family but I am not familiar with the butterflies on the West coast. I love their striped antennas.
Lovely sightings and photos. They are pretty butterflies.
Great capture!
Pretty shots!
beautiful shots
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Lovely shots!
Wonderfully clear shots. I tried to capture one yesterday, but all mine came out blurred.
Pretty
Excellent and very nice photos.
Regards!
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