Brephidium exile
Western Pygmy-Blue in Taylorsville, Utah. I was looking for moths in my yard when I looked down in some Wandering Vinca
and hidden just one layer from the surface was this tiny, tiny butterfly. I've never seen them in my yard before but they're so small
I doubt I would have seen them even if they were there! After looking at some photos on the Internet, I think this little butterfly
has a habit of keeping its top and bottom wings right together when at rest so they look like one wing. © Carol Davis, 10-3-08
Western Pygmy-Blue at Bear River MBR. © Carol Davis, 8-28-2005
Western Pygmy-Blue butterfly at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. This is, according to "Buttterflies
through Binoculars The West", the smallest butterfly in North America. © Carol Davis, 8-28-2005
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