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Miami Blue (Cyclargus thomasi bethunebakeri)

Family: Lycaenidae
FNAI State Rank: S1

Range: Monroe and Miami-Dade counties
Seasonal Occurrence: year-round

Habitat: coastal strand hammocks
Host Plants: gray nicker (Caesalpinia bonduc)

This federally-listed butterfly is the focus of an extensive captive breeding and reintroduction effort supervised by the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity at the University of Florida.

Information on seasonal occurrence and host plant in Florida is extracted from Glassberg et al. (2000) Butterflies through Binoculars: Florida, Oxford University Press, and Cech et al. (2005) Butterflies of the East Coast: An Observer's Guide, Princeton University Press.