Eastern tailed-blue

Eastern tailed-blue
Male
Female

Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cupido
Species:
C. comyntas
Binomial name
Cupido comyntas
(Godart, [1824])
Synonyms[2]
  • Polyommatus comyntas
  • Everes comyntas
  • Lycaena comyntas
Ventral view

The eastern tailed-blue or eastern tailed blue (Cupido comyntas), also known as Everes comyntas,[3] is a common butterfly of eastern North America. It is a small butterfly that is distinguished from other blues in its range by the small thin tail.[4]

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Cupido comyntas Eastern Tailed-Blue". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Cupido comyntas (Godart, [1824])". Insecta.pro. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  3. ^ Eastern Tailed Blue, Butterflies of Canada
  4. ^ Hall, Peter W.; Jones, Colin D.; Guidotti, Antonia; Hubley, Brad (2014). The ROM Field Guide to the Butterflies of Ontario. Toronto, Canada: Royal Ontario Museum. pp. 204–205. ISBN 978-0-88854-497-1.