Occurrence | Statewide - resident [Both the Spring and Summer forms] |
Abundance | Spring form: common to abundant / Summer form: rare to uncommon |
Flight Period | Spring form: Spring, late March to early June / Summer form: Summer, early June to mid-September |
Notes | |
Overwintering | Pupa |
More info |
Massachusetts Butterfly Atlas Website |
More info |
Butterflies of Massachusetts Website |
![Summer Azure](species-data/Celastrina-ladon-photo-1.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Erik Nielsen - 6/14/2002 Pittsburg, NH Form marginata | Top of Page![Summer Azure](species-data/Celastrina-ladon-photo-2.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo © Marj Rines - 6/18/1999
'Cherry Gall' Azure | Top of Page![Summer Azure](species-data/Celastrina-ladon-photo-3.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo © Marj Rines
Form lucia | Top of Page![Summer Azure](species-data/Celastrina-ladon-photo-4.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo © Marj Rines Form marginata | Top of Page![Summer Azure](species-data/Celastrina-ladon-photo-5.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo © Marj Rines - 4/15/2004 Dunback Meadow Conservation Area, Lexington Form violacea | Top of Page![Summer Azure](species-data/Celastrina-ladon-photo-6.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo © Marj Rines
Form violacea | Top of Page![Summer Azure](species-data/Celastrina-ladon-photo-7.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Tom Murray - 4/29/2004 Oxbow NWR, Harvard | Top of Page![Summer Azure](species-data/Celastrina-ladon-photo-8.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Tom Murray - 6/15/2003 Harvard | Top of Page![Summer Azure](species-data/Celastrina-ladon-photo-9.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo © Marj Rines - 7/10/2001 Northeastern University Campus, Burlington Form neglecta | Top of Page![Summer Azure](species-data/Celastrina-ladon-photo-10.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Erik Nielsen - 9/7/2003 Wayland Form neglecta | Top of Page![Summer Azure](species-data/Celastrina-ladon-photo-11.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Eleanor Solberg - 8/7/2000 Natick Form neglecta | Top of Page![Summer Azure](species-data/Celastrina-ladon-photo-12.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Frank Model - 6/25/2004 Amherst `Cherry Gall` Azure Female | Top of Page![Summer Azure](species-data/Celastrina-ladon-photo-13.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Frank Model - 5/22/2006 Amherst 'Cherry Gall' Azure | Top of Page![Summer Azure](species-data/Celastrina-ladon-photo-14.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Tom Whelan - 4/11/2006 Oxbow NWR, Harvard Form marginata | Top of Page![Summer Azure](species-data/Celastrina-ladon-photo-15.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Barbara Spencer - 7/31/2007 Cummington Form neglecta | Top of Page![Summer Azure](species-data/Celastrina-ladon-photo-16.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Frank Model - 5/8/2006 West Rock Ridge State Park, Hamden, CT Form lucia Ovipositing Female Note egg. | Top of Page![Summer Azure](species-data/Celastrina-ladon-photo-17.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Frank Model - 4/12/2006 Norwottuck Rail Trail, Amherst Form lucia | Top of Page![Summer Azure](species-data/Celastrina-ladon-photo-18.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Frank Model - 4/28/2007 Hitchcock Center for the Environment, Amherst Form marginata | Top of Page![Summer Azure](species-data/Celastrina-ladon-photo-19.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Frank Model - 2003
Form violacea | Top of Page![Summer Azure](species-data/Celastrina-ladon-photo-20.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Frank Model - 4/13/2006 Norwottuck Rail Trail, Amherst Form violacea | Top of Page![Summer Azure](species-data/Celastrina-ladon-photo-21.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Frank Model - 4/20/2006 Norwottuck Rail Trail, Amherst Mating Form lucia X Form violacea | Top of Page![Summer Azure](species-data/Celastrina-ladon-photo-22.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Frank Model - 4/14/2006 Norwottuck Rail Trail, Amherst Mating Form marginata X Form lucia | Top of Page![Summer Azure](species-data/Celastrina-ladon-photo-23.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Frank Model - 7/25/2006 Blue Hills, Milton Form neglecta | Top of Page
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