[Butterflies of the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Silvery Blue

Glaucopsyche lygdamus columbia

Silvery Blue: Glaucopsyche lygdamus columbia - Silvery Blue: Glaucopsyche lygdamus columbia

A silvery blue as seen in upper Swale Canyon, Klickitat County, WA.............April 23, 2010.

Silvery Blue: Glaucopsyche lygdamus columbia

Mating silvery blues as seen along the Memaloose Trail Loop about a mile west of Rowena Dell, Columbia River Gorge..........April 21, 2017.

Silvery Blue: Glaucopsyche lygdamus columbia - Silvery Blue: Glaucopsyche lygdamus columbia

A silvery blue resting on a twig, and on mud in vernally moist wetlands at Panacanic, western Klickitat County.........May 6, 2015.

Silvery Blue: Glaucopsyche lygdamus columbia - Silvery Blue: Glaucopsyche lygdamus columbia

A silvery blue resting on foliage at left in vernally moist wetlands at Panacanic, western Klickitat County.........May 17, 2013. The photo at right shows several silvery blues mudding on moist swale soils below the Dalles Mountain Ranch at Columbia Hills Historical State Park......May 2, 2018.

Paul Slichter