The Lycaenidae family of butterflies—blues, hairstreaks, coppers, and metalmarks, are usually small and very delicate looking, many of them brilliantly colored and some with very interesting life cycles. The apparent fragility of these tiny creatures earned the family the common name gossamer-winged but the vigor apparent in their life strategies belies this moniker. This is […]
Mother Nature's Backyard - A Water-wise Garden: Marine Blue Butterflies (Leptotes marina)
Caterpillar of a Gossamer-Wing Butterfly (Lycaenidae) on a…
Northwest Butterflies: Naming Lepidoptera Butterfly species, Monarch butterflies art, Types of butterflies
Butterflies in Your Backyard NC State Extension Publications
Gossamer Winged Butterflies by Wizzie Brown
How the Smallest Butterfly in North America Travels Using Gusts of Wind
Acmon Blue Butterflies - Native Plant Nursery, Novato
Cassius Blue – Florida's Wildflowers & Butterflies
Gossamer Butterfly Family (Lycaenidae)Donna L. Long
Butterflies of South Carolina Home & Garden Information Center
Blue Butterfly Rehabilitation Plan - Home
