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Eastern Tailed-Blue (Everes comyntas)

Family: Lycaenidae
FNAI State Rank: S2

Range: Florida Panhandle counties
Seasonal Occurrence: early March through November

Habitat: open areas
Host Plants: plants in the pea family (legumes)

The Eastern Tailed-Blue is a northern species that just enters Florida in the northern counties.

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.