Eastern Tailed-blue (on Black-eyed Susan)

Didn’t get the crisp shot from the 60mm macro lens I’d hoped I’d get, but good enough to document that this species was here this month.
» ID’ed as Cupido comyntas or “Eastern Tailed-Blue”: [ BAMONA ] [ BugGuide ]
» Species pages: [ BAMONA ] [ BugGuide ] [ ‘Related’ species at UK Butterflies ]

Looking back
  1 year ago: “‘99 Bicycles’ [No need to comment]”
 2 years ago: “Tonya”
 3 years ago: “Two days in a ‘row’”
 4 years ago: “Ohio Statehouse Rotunda”
 5 years ago: “Travel day: Back to SeaTac”
 6 years ago: “Through the kitchen window”
 7 years ago: “Frisco”
 8 years ago: “Gray Hairstreak” A similar, tiny blue butterfly
 9 years ago: “Celebrating a former pastor…”
10 years ago: “A-one, an-a-two…”
11 years ago: “‘Cool’ shadows?”

[ IMG_3819S75x75tm :: 60mm ]

[Mags]

Lovely detailed capture! Our wild woodland black-eyed susans just don't get that dark in the center. That's almost black for sure.

[Thom Mitchell]

@marlboromaam I "scored" a bunch of mature Black-eyed Susans a year ago when the local garden club had to rip out a bed prior to some underground work along the main state highway that runs through town.
This photo also captures how small this butterfly species is!