Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1139122

Eastern Tailed-Blue
Cupido comyntas

Observation date: August 26, 2017
Submitted by: Anne Wills
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Sunny, 80 degrees, no breeze, humid. It had rained recently; the ground was very damp, but not soggy. The butterfly was flitting in low, tight circles, then landed on a leaf about a foot above the ground, and stayed still very briefly. We were on a forested mountainside above the upstream end of the small lake. Nearby were spicebush, oak, beech, maple, white pine, sassafras, redbud, grapevines, poison ivy, greenbrier, mixed weeds.
Status: Resident
Verified by: curtis.lehman
Verified date: September 03, 2017
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): Kanawha County, United States, West Virginia