First Blue Butterfly!

I saw my first blue butterfly today. I'll put the picture below. Not a good picture but I was taking the trash out and There is a big Euonymous 'Manhatten" which flowers like mad about now and I saw what looked like a tiny moth flitting around. I noticed it was bluish when it opened its wings. I ran for the camera and snapped a few. I thought blues came mainly in the spring, but I looked this one up and I'm pretty sure it is a Summer Azure or Celestrina 'neglecta' although it didn't looke neglected or tattered in any way. It was nectaring on the flowers of the Euonymous, which flies and other winged insect flock to but not usually butterflies. You can't see the bluish hue in the photo or in real life, it looks whitish. But the minute it opens its wings it shows light blue with a darker border on the upper wings. I have been looking for blue butterflies for years, now I've seen one! July 9, 2008