Reakirt's Blue

Hemiargus isola

"The male Reakirt's blue is llilac-blue above ...The key to identification of this common species ... is the row of prominent round, white-rimmed, black spots on the forewing beneath. No other small blue butterfly carries these distinctive marks."

Photo taken with a Nikon D70, using a Nikon 180mm, f/2.8 lens.

September 29, 2006