Silvery Blue

Glaucopsyche lygdamus butterfly / moth

Small blue butterfly with silvery underside. Caterpillars feed on lupines, vetches, and milkvetches.

38 documented plant relationships.

sips nectar at

Alpine Hedysarum (Bear Root)Hedysarum americanumwildflower · June-AugustBastard ToadflaxComandra umbellatawildflower · May–JuneBoreal YarrowAchillea borealiswildflower · June-AugustBunchberryCornus canadensisgroundcover · JuneCanada AnemoneAnemonastrum canadensegroundcover · May-JulyChokecherryPrunus virginianashrub · May–JuneCream-Coloured PeavineLathyrus ochroleucusvine · June–JulyDewberryRubus pubescensgroundcover · JuneField ChickweedCerastium arvensegroundcover · May-JulyGolden BeanThermopsis rhombifoliawildflower · May–JuneLarge-leaved AvensGeum macrophyllumwildflower · June–JulyNorthern BedstrawGalium borealewildflower · June–AugustPhiladelphia FleabaneErigeron philadelphicuswildflower · May–JulyPrairie CrocusPulsatilla nuttallianawildflower · March-MayPurple PeavineLathyrus venosusvine · June-JulyPurple Prairie CloverDalea purpureawildflower · July–AugustRed Osier DogwoodCornus sericeashrub · June–JulyShrubby CinquefoilDasiphora fruticosashrub · June–SeptemberSilverberryElaeagnus commutatashrub · JuneSilvery LupineLupinus argenteuswildflower · Jun-AugSitka ValerianValeriana sitchensiswildflower · Jun-AugSpreading DogbaneApocynum androsaemifoliumwildflower · June–AugustStar-flowered Solomon's SealMaianthemum stellatumherb · May–JuneThree Flowered Avens (Prairie Smoke, Old Man's Whiskers)Geum triflorumwildflower · May–JuneWater SmartweedPersicaria amphibiawildflower · June–SeptemberWild Blue FlaxLinum lewisiiwildflower · June–AugustWild ChivesAllium schoenoprasumwildflower · June–JulyWild StrawberryFragaria virginianagroundcover · May–JuneWild VetchVicia americanavine · June–JulyWoodland StrawberryFragaria vescagroundcover · May–June

lays eggs on

Alpine Hedysarum (Bear Root)Hedysarum americanumwildflower · June-AugustAscending MilkvetchAstragalus laxmanniiwildflower · Jun-JulCanada Milk VetchAstragalus canadensiswildflower · June–AugustDrummond's MilkvetchAstragalus drummondiiwildflower · May-JulMissouri MilkvetchAstragalus missouriensiswildflower · May-JuneSilky LupineLupinus sericeuswildflower · Jun-AugSilvery LupineLupinus argenteuswildflower · Jun-AugWild VetchVicia americanavine · June–July