Spring Azure
Celestrina argiolis cinera

General: The Spring Azure is a bright blue butterfly found throughout the Memorial. Males frequently gather at mud while both sexes visit flowers. It is one of the earliest butterflies to appear in spring.
Flight: early spring through fall
Foodplant: buckbrush, Ceonothus fendleri; fairyduster, Calliandra sp. and others
Status: resident

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