Description: Hemiargus ceraunus at Jonathan Dickinson State Park, Martin County, Florida October 2010. This cooperative fellow was very tiny. Date: 1 October 2010, 09:20. Source: Ceraunus Blue Uploaded by Jacopo Werther. Author: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!. Camera location26° 59′ 45.22″ N, 80° 08′ 43.1″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 26.995895; -80.145306.
Summary[edit] Description: Hemiargus ceraunus. Molino Basin, Santa Catalina Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA. 18 September 2012. Date: 11 October 2012, 21:07. Source: Ceraunus Blue. Author: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA. Camera location32° 20′ 21.21″ N, 110° 41′ 12.96″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 32.339224; -110.686933.
If you ask politely, Ceraunus blues will show you how their male and female colors differ! The male is the one with more blue. I met this happy couple while they were playing among cowpea plants (Vigna luteola) along the edge of the waterway.