Mircea V.
Silvery Blue Butterfly- Now listed as endangered...
The Silver-studded Blue gets its English name from the row of silvery-blue submarginal "studs" on the underside hindwings.
Identification: Upperside of male iridescent silvery blue with narrow dark borders; female darker blue with wide borders. Both sexes have white fringe. Underside gray-brown; both wings with row of white-ringed, round black spots. Subspecies xerces (Boisduval) and pseudoxerces Emmel and Emmel have large white spots with or without black centers.
Silvery Blue Butterfly- Now listed as endangered...
The Silver-studded Blue gets its English name from the row of silvery-blue submarginal "studs" on the underside hindwings.
Identification: Upperside of male iridescent silvery blue with narrow dark borders; female darker blue with wide borders. Both sexes have white fringe. Underside gray-brown; both wings with row of white-ringed, round black spots. Subspecies xerces (Boisduval) and pseudoxerces Emmel and Emmel have large white spots with or without black centers.