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Reakirt's Blue Beautiful soft butterfly. This one was found in the Arizona Desert. Brephidium exilis,Hemiargus isola,Reakirts Blue Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Reakirt's Blue

Beautiful soft butterfly. This one was found in the Arizona Desert.

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The Reakirt's Blue is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Central America and the extreme southern U.S., isola migrates regularly throughout most of the U.S. almost to the Canadian border, and very rarely into the southern Prairies.

The wingspan is 16–23 mm. Adults are on wing from June to October in the north and all year round in south.

The larva feed on ''Fabaceae'', particularly mesquites .

Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Stephen Philips
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Uploaded May 5, 2015.