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Western Pygmy-Blue -- Brephidium exile


Dragoon Mountains foothills,
Cochise County -- 8/07
Note tear on hindwing.


Nectaring on Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus sp.)
Harshaw Rd, Santa Cruz County
11/10/07
(click photo to enlarge)

The smallest butterfly in North America.
Range:
entire state
Flight:
 flies all year in the south
Larval foodplants:
Salt-bush, Lambsquarters, Russian Thistle and other members of the Goosefoot Family (Chenopodiaceae)
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