Summer Azure (Celastrina neglecta)
Elk Grove, IL
2012-07-31
The Summer Azure is a Lycaenidae (Gossamer-wings) family butterfly. The upperside of the wings are dusty blue and the underside is light gray with black spots. The Lycaenidae butterflies have horn-like projections on their heads.
Other Lycaenidae species:
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Everes comyntas
Atala
Eumaeus atala
Aphrodite Fritillary• Atala• *Cabbage White• Common Buckeye• Eastern Comma• Eastern Tailed-Blue• Eastern Tiger Swallowtail• Giant Swallowtail• Great Southern White• Gulf Fritillary• Monarch• Mourning Cloak• Pearl Crescent• Question Mark• Red Admiral• Southern Dogface• Summer Azure• White Peacock• Zebra Heliconian