Eastern Tailed-Blue butterfly
Cupido comyntas
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Tiny blue butterfly with silver-spotted hindwings and orange spots. Year-round Bay Area resident; caterpillars feed on native legumes including clover.
Plants that support Eastern Tailed-Blue butterfly
3 plants
American birdsfoot trefoil
Acmispon americanus
annual
Host plant for larvae; multiple generations in California
Bay Area native
Dense Spike-primrose
Epilobium densiflorum
annual
Host plant for larvae; multiple broods spring through fall
Bay Area native
