#3132 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Summer Azure

Celastrina neglecta

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © botanygirl · CC BY 4.0
2. © Jason Forbes · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Judy Gallagher · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Christine Betts McAnlis · CC BY 4.0
5. © Rob Van Epps · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Athens, GA, USA:© Bill Sheehan · CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Preston County, WV, USA:© ryanli · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Kilally:© no rights reserved · CC0
9. Providence, Rhode Island, United States:© cyric · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
10. Popoman Swamp Rd, Hustle, VA, US:© sccmpmn · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Celastrina neglecta , the summer azure , is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in North America.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 34,470iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
34,470 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by William Henry Edwards in 1862 (164 years ago).