Melissa Blue (Plebejus melissa)

A common blue out on the plains in Colorado, and member of the Gossamer-wing family (Lycaenidae).
More info at this great site:   Butterflies and Moths of North America -- the Melissa Blue species account.

Pawnee National Grasslands - 7 July 2008

All Photos (C) Paul Hurtado
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