BUTTERFLIES OF THE VICINITY OF NEW YORK CITY 
54. Tailed Blue Butterfly (Lycena comyntas). 
A small blue butterfly common everywhere, in meadows, clover 
fields and roadsides from May to September. It is three-brooded, 
_ and the caterpillar feeds on the flower-heads and tender leaves of 
clover, bush-clover (Lespedeza) and tick-trefoil (Desmodium). 
55. Scudder’s Blue Butterfly (Lycena scudderit). 
Very rare in this neighborhood. Only a few specimens have been 
taken. It is double-brooded, the first brood appearing in May and 
June, and the second in July and August. The caterpillar feeds on 
lupines. 
56. Spring Azure Butterfly (Lycena pseudargiolus). 
A very common species found in open sunny places, especially in 
woods. There are five forms of this butterfly in this vicinity. The 
forms lucia, marginata and violacea are found in April and early in 
May. The forms neglecta and pseudargiolus are found in the summer ° 
until September. The caterpillar lives in the flower-heads and tender 
leaves of various kinds of plants. 
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