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  5. Butterflies and Moths
  6. Gossamer-winged Butterflies
  7. Tailed-Blues
  8. Eastern Tailed-Blue

species 19 observations

Eastern Tailed-Blue

Cupido comyntas

Status
present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supported by All

208 native plants
support it in the US
  • Caterpillar hosts Plants its caterpillars eat Round-headed Bush Clover, Eastern Wild Indigo, American Vetch, Showy Tick-trefoil 15
  • Nectar plants Plants whose flowers it visits Butterfly Milkweed, Flat-topped Goldenrod, Purple Coneflower, Clustered Mountainmint 193

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

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