- Family name: Lycaenidae/Gossamer Wings
- General description: wings unmarked dark gray-brown; male with dark forewing stigma. Ventral hindwing brown with short tail, dark postmedian band edged outwardly in white, and large blue patch not capped in red.
- Field Marks: small; hindwing tail; hindwing with postmedian line edged outwardly in white; hindwing blue patch without red cap
- Sexes: Appear similar
- Wingspan: 25-33 mm
- Life Cycle: Egg: pinkish-tan, flattened, laid singly on host twigs Mature larva: variable; whitish, green, or brown Chrysalis: mottled brown
- Number of Generations: one per year
- Flight Season: March-May
- Abundance: Common
- Habitat: parks, forest margins and clearings, woodlands, roadsides
- Larval Host Plants: Oaks (Quercus spp.), walnuts (Juglans spp.)
- Similar Species:
- Additional Information: Eggs overwinter. Range is limited in New Mexico.
- Range in Florida
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