Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1246294

Northern Azure
Celastrina lucia

Observation date: April 12, 2020
Submitted by: James Fox
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: I sent the image to Harry Pavulaan who responded with the following comments, "I have not seen a strongly-margined form in Summer Azure, thus leaving I.D. to Spring vs. Northern Azure... I know the general region around there. Dogwoods not present in any numbers to support populations of Spring Azure (C. ladon). This region has colonies of Northern Azure (C. lucia), mainly up toward Great North Mountain and over into West Virginia. I think we can chalk this one up as Northern Azure. I'll add it as a county record."
Status: Unknown
Verified by: drerbium
Verified date: January 01, 2021
Coordinator notes: Thanks for the note. Needed other opinions.
Checklist region(s): United States, Virginia, Shenandoah County