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Appalachian Azure

Celastrina neglectamajor

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in West Virginia.January 9, February 11, March 13, April 23, May 34, June 19, July 13, August 11, September 13, October 12, November 9, December 9.
United States788
West Virginia175
Virginia174
Pennsylvania101
Maryland76
New Jersey49
North Carolina47
Ohio42
Tennessee39
New York39

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyGossamer-winged Butterflies · Lycaenidae
GenusHolarctic Azures · Celastrina

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