Habitat: The Silvery Blue can be found throughout all of Alberta and is very common in poplar forests and meadows.
Description: The Silvery Blue is closer to grey than silver on the underside of its wings with blue on the inside. Each wing was a distinctive row of black spots running across them.
Size: 25-30mm
Diet: The caterpillars of the Silvery Blue consume the buds and flowers off legume plants
Fun Fact: Due to the voracious appetites of the caterpillars, scientists believe some plants have evolved to bloom at specific temperatures so the caterpillars do not have a chance to eat all the flowers.
Source:
Acorn, John. Butterflies of Alberta. Edmonton: Lone Pine Publishing, 1993. Print