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Elkalyce comyntas (Eastern Tailed Blue)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The eastern tailed-blue or eastern tailed blue (Cupido comyntas), also known as Everes comyntas, is a common butterfly of eastern North America. It is a medium-sized butterfly that is distinguished from other blues in its range by the small thin tail.
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Infraspecies

Elkalyce comyntas comyntas
Elkalyce comyntas meinersi

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  0.827 inches (.021 m)

Prey / Diet

Trifolium pratense (Red Clover)[1]
Trifolium repens (Ladino Clover)[1]

Consumers

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
♦ 2Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0