The Silvery Blue is a small, bright blue butterfly with a distinctive row of black spots on the underside of its wings ringed in white, giving it a jeweled appearance. It has a single short flight period in spring and early summer. Males actively patrol low vegetation and often mud-puddle alongside other small blues.
Habitat
Open meadows, forest clearings, and chapparal
Diet
Larvae: flowers of vetches, lupines, and other legumes. Adults: nectar
How common
Uncommon
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