BLUES

 

Scientific Name

Common Name

Common Name

Genus species subspecies

United States

Canada

 

 

 

Brephidium exile

Western Pygmy-blue

 

Brephidium isophthalma pseudofea

Florida Pygmy-blue

 

Brephidium isophthalma insularis

Island Pygmy-blue

 

 

 

 

Leptotes cassius theonus

West Indian Blue

 

Leptotes cassius striata

Striated Blue

 

Leptotes marina

Marine Blue

Marine Blue

 

 

 

Zizula cyna

Cyna Blue

 

 

 

 

Cyclargus thomasi bethunibakeri

Miami Blue

 

Cyclargus ammon

Nickerbean Blue

 

 

 

 

Hemiargus ceraunus antibubastus

Ceraunus Blue

 

Hemiargus ceraunus gyas

Edward’s Blue

 

Hemiargus ceraunus zachaeina

Zachaeina Blue

 

 

 

 

Echinargus isola alce

Reakirt’s Blue

Reakirt’s Blue

 

 

 

Everes comyntas comyntas

Eastern Tailed Blue

Eastern Tailed Blue

Everes comyntas texana

Texas Tailed Blue

 

Everes comyntas sissona

Wright’s Tailed Blue

 

Everes amyntula amyntula

Western Tailed Blue

Western Tailed Blue

Everes amyntula valeriae

Valerie’s Tailed Blue

 

Everes amyntula maritima

 

Maritime Tailed Blue

Everes amyntula albrighti

Albright’s Tailed Blue

 

Everes amyntula herri

Herr’s Tailed Blue

 

Everes amyntula montanorum

Mountain Tailed Blue

 

Everes amyntula nesiotes

Nesiotes Tailed Blue

 

 

 

 

Celastrina ladon

Spring Azure

 

Celastrina lucia

Lucia Azure

Lucia Azure

Celastrina ?

Cherry Gall Azure

Cherry Gall Azure

Celastrina idella idella

Holly Azure

 

Celastrina idella ?

?

 

Celastrina neglecta neglecta

Summer Azure

Summer Azure

Celastrina neglecta argentata

Pale Summer Azure

Pale Summer Azure

Celastrina neglectamajor

Appalachian Azure

 

Celastrina echo echo

Echo Azure

Echo Azure

Celastrina echo ?

? (California)

 

Celastrina nigra

Dusky Azure

 

Celastrina humulus

Hops Azure

 

Celastrina ? nigrescens

Dark Blue Azure

Dark Blue Azure

Celastrina ? cinerea

Arizona Azure

 

Celastrina ? sidara

Sidara Azure

Sidara Azure

 

 

 

Philotes sonorensis sonorensis

Sonora Blue

 

Philotes sonorensis extinctus

Extinct Sonora Blue

 

Philotes sonorensis  ?

San Diego ?

 

Philotes sonorensis  ?

Desert’s Edge Sonora Blue

 

Philotes sonorensis  ?

Monterey Sonora Blue

 

Philotes sonorensis  ?

Sierra Nevada Sonora Blue

 

 

 

 

Euphilotes battoides battoides

Square-spotted Blue

 

Euphilotes battoides allyni

El Segundo Blue

 

Euphilotes battoides glaucon

Glaucon Blue

Glaucon Blue

Euphilotes battoides argocyanea

?

 

Euphilotes battoides fuscimaculata

?

 

Euphilotes battoides australoglaucon

Southern Glaucon Blue

 

Euphilotes battoides mazourka

Mazourka Square-spotted Blue

 

Euphilotes battoides panamintensis

Panamint Square-spotted Blue

 

Euphilotes battoides   ?

Baking Powder Flat Blue

 

Euphilotes intermedia intermedia

Intermediate Blue

 

Euphilotes intermedia oregonensis

Oregon Intermediate Blue

 

Euphilotes intermedia comstocki

Comstock’s Blue

 

Euphilotes intermedia hadrochilus

Broad Bordered Blue

 

Euphilotes centralis centralis

The Central Blue

 

Euphilotes ancilla ancilla

Ancilla Blue

 

Euphilotes ancilla columbiiae

Columbian Blue

Columbian Blue

Euphilotes ancilla giulianii

Death Valley Blue

 

Euphilotes ancilla purpura

? Ancilla Blue

 

Euphilotes ancilla gilvatunica

? Ancilla Blue

 

Euphilotes ancilla pseudointermedia

Sierran Ancilla Blue

 

Euphilotes ancilla shieldsi

Shield’s Blue

 

Euphilotes baueri baueri

Bauer’s Blue

 

Euphilotes baueri orientis

?

 

Euphilotes baueri vernalis

San Bernardino Mts. Blue

 

Euphilotes bernardino bernardino

Bernardino Blue

 

Euphilotes bernardino inyomontana

Desert Mountain Blue

 

Euphilotes bernardino minuta

?

 

Euphilotes bernardino martini

Martin’s Blue

 

Euphilotes bernardino  ?

Santa Monica Mts. Blue

 

Euphilotes bernardino  ?

Point Loma Blue

 

Euphilotes ellisi ellisi

Ellis’ Desert Blue

 

Euphilotes ellisi anasazi

Anasazi Desert Blue

 

Euphilotes ellisi basinensis

Great Basin Blue

 

Euphilotes ellisi euromojavensis

?

 

Euphilotes ellisi avawartz

?

 

Euphilotes mojave mojave

Mojave Blue

 

Euphilotes mojave virginiensis

 

 

Euphilotes enoptes enoptes

Dotted Blue

 

Euphilotes enoptes bayensis

Bay Region Dotted Blue

 

Euphilotes enoptes tildeni

Tilden’s Dotted Blue

 

Euphilotes enoptes arenacola

? Dotted Blue

 

Euphilotes enoptes smithi

Smith’s Dotted Blue

 

Euphilotes enoptes langstoni

Langston’s Dotted Blue

 

Euphilotes enoptes cryptorufes

?  Dotted Blue

 

Euphilotes enoptes aridorum

?  Dotted Blue

 

Euphilotes enoptes primavera

?  Dotted BLue

 

Euphilotes enoptes dammersi

Dammer’s Dotted Blue

 

Euphilotes enoptes opacapulla

?  Dotted Blue

 

Euphilotes pallescens pallescens

Pallid Blue

 

Euphilotes pallescens arenamontana

? Pallid Blue

 

Euphilotes pallescens elvirae

Elvira’s Pallid Blue

 

Euphilotes pallescens emmeli

Emmel’s Pallid Blue

 

Euphilotes pallescens mattonii

Mattoni’s Pallid Blue

 

Euphilotes pallescens ricei

? Pallid Blue

 

Euphilotes pallescens confusa

? Pallid Blue

 

Euphilotes pallescens calneva

? Pallid Blue

 

Euphilotes spaldingi spaldingi

Spalding’s Blue

 

Euphilotes spaldingi pinjuna

Pinjuna Bllue

 

Euphilotes rita rita

Rita Blue

 

Euphilotes rita coloradensis

Colorado Blue

 

 

 

 

Philotiella speciosa speciosa

Small Blue

 

Philotiella speciosa bohartorum

Bohart’s Blue

 

Philotiella speciosa septentrionalis

Northern Small Blue

 

Philotiella speciosa purisima

?  Small Blue

 

Philotiella leona

Leona’s Little Blue

 

 

 

 

Glaucopsyche piasus piasus

Arrowhead Blue

 

Glaucopsyche piasus sagittigera

Southern Arrowhead Blue

 

Glaucopsyche piasus umbrosa

Smoky Arrowhead Blue

 

Glaucopsyche piasus nevada

Nevada Arrowhead Blue

 

Glaucopsyche piasus excubitus

Guardian Arrowhead Blue

 

Glaucopsyche piasus toxeuma

Brown’s Arrowhead Blue

Brown’s Arrowhead Blue

Glaucopsyche piasus gabrielinua

San Gabriel Arrowhead Blue

 

Glaucopsyche piasus daunia

Daunia Arrowhead Blue

 

Glaucopsyche lygdamus lygdamus

(Georgian) Silvery Blue

 

Glaucopsyche lygdamus couperi

Couper’s Silvery Blue

Couper’s Silvery Blue

Glaucopsyche lygdamus nittanyensis

Appalachian Silvery Blue

 

Glaucopsyche lygdamus mildredae

 

Mildred’s Silvery Blue

Glaucopsyche lygdamus afra

 

Afra (Silvery) Blue

Glaucopsyche lygdamus jacki

Jack’s (Silvery) Blue

 

Glaucopsyche lygdamus oro

Oro (Silvery) Blue

 

Glaucopsyche lygdamus arizonensis

Arizona Silvery Blue

 

Glaucopsyche lygdamus australis

Southern (Silvery) Blue

 

Glaucopsyche lygdamus incognita

Behr’s Silvery Blue

 

Glaucopsyche lygdamus paloverdesensis

Palos Verdes Blue

 

Glaucopsyche lygdamus columbia

The Columbia Blue

Skinner’s (Silvery) Blue

Glaucopsyche lygdamus sabulosa

Sand Dune Silvery Blue

 

Glaucopsyche lygdamus pseudoxerces

False Xerces (Silvery) Blue

 

Glaucopsyche lygdamus deserticola

Mojave Silvery Blue

 

Glaucopsyche lygdamus minipunctum

Mini-spotted Silvery Blue

 

Glaucopsyche lygdamus   ?

 

 

Glaucopsyche lygdamus   ?

 

 

Glaucopsyche xerces

Xerces Blue

 

 

 

 

Vaga blackburni

Blackburn’s Blue

 

 

 

 

Lycaeides idas empetri

 

Crowberry Blue

Lycaeides idas aster

 

Newfoundland Blue

Lycaeides idas alaskensis

 

Alaskan Blue

Lycaeides idas scudderi

 

Scudder’s Blue

Lycaeides idas lotis

Lotis Blue

 

Lycaeides idas atrapraetextus

Dark-edged Blue

Dark-edged Blue

Lycaeides idas sublivens

Dark (Northern) Blue

 

Lycaeides idas longinus

Longinus Blue

 

Lycaeides idas nobokovi

Nabokov’s Blue

 

Lycaeides idas azureus

?  Blue

 

Lycaeides anna anna

Anna Blue

 

Lycaeides anna ricei

Rice’s Blue

Rice’s Blue

Lycaeides anna vancouverensis

 

?   Blue

Lycaeides melissa melissa

Melissa Blue

Melissa Blue

Lycaeides melissa samuelis

Karner Blue

 

Lycaeides melissa annetta

Annetta Blue

 

Lycaeides melissa fridayi

Friday’s (Melissa) Blue

 

Lycaeides melissa paradoxa

Orange Margined Blue

 

Lycaeides melissa alateres

Round-wing Melissa Blue

 

 

 

 

Plebejus saepiolus saepiolus

Greenish Blue

 

Plebejus saepiolus amica

Amica Blue

Amica Blue

Plebejus saepiolus whitmeri

Whitmer’s Blue

 

Plebejus saepiolus gertschi

Gertsch’s Blue

 

Plebejus saepiolus insulanus

 

Vancouver Island Blue

Plebejus saepiolus hilda

Hilda Blue

 

Plebejus saepiolus albomontanus

White Mountains Greenish Blue

 

Plebejus saepiolus aureolus

?  Blue

 

Plebejus saepiolus littoralis

?  Blue

 

Plebejus saepiolus maculosus

?  Blue

 

Plebejus saepiolus rufescens

Great Basin Greenish Blue

 

Plebejus emigdionis

San Emigdio Blue

 

 

 

 

Icaricia icarioides icarioides

Boisduval’s Blue

 

Icaricia icarioides albihalos

White-spotted Blue

 

Icaricia icarioides argusmontana

Argus Mountains Blue

 

Icaricia icarioides atascadero

Atascadero Blue

 

Icaricia icarioides austinorurm

Austin’s Blue

 

Icaricia icarioides eosierra

Eastern Sierra Blue

 

Icaricia icarioides inyo

Inyo Boisduval’s Blue

 

Icaricia icarioides panamintina

Panamint Blue

 

Icaricia icarioides helios

Helios Blue

 

Icaricia icarioides santana

Santa Ana Blue

 

Icaricia icarioides mintha

Mintha Blue

 

Icaricia icarioides fulla

Fulla Blue

 

Icaricia icarioides pembina

Pembina Blue

Pembina Blue

Icaricia icarioides lycea

Lycea Blue

 

Icaricia icarioides fenderi

Fender’s Blue

 

Icaricia icarioides ardea

Ardea Blue

 

Icaricia icarioides buchholzi

Buchholz’s Blue

 

Icaricia icarioides blackmorei

Blackmore’s Blue

Blackmore’s Blue

Icaricia icarioides montis

Montis Blue

Montis Blue

Icaricia icarioides pardalis

Pardalis Blue

 

Icaricia icarioides parapheres

?

 

Icaricia icarioides pheres

Pheres Blue

 

Icaricia icarioides missionensis

Mission Blue

 

Icaricia icarioides moroensis

Moro Blue

 

Icaricia icarioides evius

Evius Blue

 

Icaricia shasta shasta

Shasta Blue

 

Icaricia shasta calchas

Calchas Blue

 

Icaricia shasta pitkinensis

Brown’s Blue

 

Icaricia shasta minnehaha

Minnehaha Blue

 

Icaricia shasta pallidissima

Pale Shasta Blue

 

Icaricia shasta charlestonensis

?

 

Icaricia acmon acmon

Acmon Blue

 

Icaricia acmon lutzi

Lutz’s Blue

 

Icaricia acmon dedeckera

?

 

Icaricia acmon spangelatus

Spangled Blue

 

Icaricia acmon texana

Texas Blue

 

Icaricia lupini lupini

Lupine Blue

 

Icaricia ? lupini monticola

Clemence’s Blue

 

Icaricia lupini chlorina

The Green Blue

 

Icaricia lupini goodpasturei

Goodpasture’s Blue

 

Icaricia lupini argentata

Silvered Lupine Blue

 

Icaricia lupini alpicola

Alpine Lupine Blue

 

Icaricia neurona

Orange-veined Blue

 

 

 

 

Vacciniina optilete optilete

 

Cranberry Blue

Vacciniina optilete yukona

 

Yukon Blue

 

 

 

Agriades franklinii franklinii

 

(Canadian) Arctic Blue

Agriades franklinii  ?

 

Ellesmere Arctic Blue

Agriades rusticus rusticus

Rustic Arctic Blue

 

Agriades rusticus punctatus

Arizona Arctic Blue

 

Agriades podarce podarce

Sierra Nevada Blue

 

Agriades podarce klamathensis

Klamath Mountains Blue

 

Agriades podarce cilla

Cilla Blue

 

Agriades megalo megalo

Megalo Blue

Megalo Blue

Agriades megalo bryanti

 

Bryant’s Arctic Blue

Agriades megalo ?

 

(northern Alberta)

Agriades  ?    lacustris

 

Lake-side Blue

Agriades cassiope cassiope

Heather Blue

 

Agriades cassiope kelsoni

Kelson’s Heather Blue