Brephidium pseudofea

Brephidium pseudofea, the eastern pygmy-blue, is a species of blue in the butterfly family Lycaenidae. It is found in the southern United States, typically in coastal saltmarshes.^[2][3][4][5]

Brephidium pseudofea
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Brephidium
Species:	B. pseudofea
Binomial name
Brephidium pseudofea (Morrison, 1873)
Synonyms
Brephidium isophthalma Herrich-Schäffer, 1862

Adult

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Brephidium pseudofea:^[6]

• Brephidium pseudofea insularis Pavulaan & Gatrelle, 1999
• Brephidium pseudofea pseudofea (Morrison, 1873)

Biology

In Georgia, the eastern pygmy-blue is the smallest butterfly, where it lives along coastal portions of southeastern Georgia. It is a blue butterfly with a row of four silvery black spots along the ventral hindwing margin. Adults have a low, weak flight pattern and flutter just above the surface of host plants. Adults appear from May to August.^{[7]: 92–93}