BUTTERFLIES OF THE VICINITY OF NEW YORK CITY 



54. Tailed Blue Butterfly (Lyccena 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). 





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55. Scudder's Blue Butterfly {Lyccena scudderii). 



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 {Lyccena 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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