Eastern Tailed Blue (Everes comyntas)
Eastern Tailed Blue (Everes comyntas) Iowa
Eastern Tailed Blue butterfly (Everes comyntas) found on roadside grass at Geode State Park in Iowa.

Details:  Canon EOS 10D,  shutter 1/180 second, aperture f4, ISO 100, Canon EF 100 mm macro lens, no flash.

 

Selected References:

Brock Jim P., Kaufman Kenn. Butterflies of North America. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003. P 124-125.

Struttmann Jane M. USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. "Eastern Tailed-Blue (Everes comyntas)." Butterflies of North America / Butterflies of Iowa. <http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/ia/242.htm > (15 Sep. 2004).

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