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 Everes amyntula Western Tailed-Blue

Hindwing with small tail; usually larger than comyntas; hindwing with black spots smaller than in comyntas and with only a single orange spot near tail.

 Everes comyntas Eastern Tailed-Blue

Hindwing with small tail; usually smaller than amyntula; hindwing with black spots larger than in amyntula and with two orange spots near tail

 Celastrina humulus Hops Azure

Restricted to foothills of Colorado; in areas of overlap with ladon, ladon fly earlier in the year and are grayer below with stronger black markings.

 Celastrina idella Atlantic Holly Azure

Restricted to the coastal areas of eastern North America; generally larger (3.2 - 3.9 cm) than ladon (2.2-3.5 cm); generally flies later in year ladon; darker and with a different range than neglectamajor.

 Celastrina neglecta Summer Azure

A single flight in summer, not many brooded as in ladon; male light powdery blue, female generally lighter than ladon.

 Celastrina neglectamajor Appalachian Azure

Larger (3.2 - 3.7 cm) than ladon (2.2 - 3.5 cm); range in Appalachain Mountains and Illinois; lighter more powdery blue than idella.

 Celastrina nigra Dusky Azure

Both males and female much darker than any of the other species of Celastrina.

Euphilotes ancilla Rocky Mountain Dotted Blue

Euphilotes battoides Square-spotted Blue

Euphilotes baueri Bauer's Dotted Blue

Euphilotes bernardino Bernadino Dotted Blue

Euphilotes ellisi Ellis' Dotted Blue

Euphilotes enoptes Pacific Dotted Blue

Euphilotes intermedia Intermediate Dotted Blue

Euphilotes mojave Mojave Dotted Blue

Euphilotes pallescens Pallid Dotted Blue

Euphilotes rita Rita Dotted Blue

Euphilotes spaldingi Spalding's Dotted Blue