(Celestrina humulus)
Blues
Appearance: Above, male is light powdery blue; females vary from pale iridescent blue to mostly white with dark leading and outer edges of forewings and dark leading edges of hindwings. Below, both are very light, with variable black spots, almost absent on some females to quite prominent on some males.
Wingspan: Very small; 3/4 to 1 1/16 inches.
Habitat: Canyon bottoms and gulches with patches of hops host plant; foothills.
Flight Times: Mid-June to early July; one brood. Chrysalis overwinters.
Larval Foodplant: Hops and possibly Lupine.
Did You Know…
Considered to be part of the Spring Azure Complex (Brock-Kaufman, 2003) and virtually indistinguishable from same (Glassberg, 2001). Probably best separated from Spring Azure by time of flight (mid-June to early July) after Spring Azure, and proximity to Hops plants and vines.
