Observation date: June 20, 2015
Submitted by: rowley
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: small
Status: Resident
Verified by: rosslayberry
Verified date: June 22, 2015
Coordinator notes: Please read https://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=7882 to understand the latest thinking on Azures. The Spring Azure, Celastrina ladon exists in Canada only near the west end of Lake Erie, so your record is way too far north and east. The same paper states that Celastrina serotina , in Ontario, does not exist, and I think that the same is true for New York State. Celastrina neglecta is much paler, with an almost white background colour and not nearly as much dark pigment. So the specimen is simply a worn first-generation specimen of Celastrina lucia, the Northern Azure.
