Silvery Blue 
Glaucopsyche lygdamus

Silvery Blue is a small butterfly of early spring with two subspecies that occur in Georgia. The subspecies Glaucopsyche lygdamus lygdamus was described by Edward Doubleday in 1842 from Screven County in the Coastal Plain as “an inhabitant of pine woods,” but it has not been recorded since then and more research is needed. The other subspecies, G. lygdamus nittanyensis, is rare to locally uncommon across North Georgia, mainly in the Mountains. It is single brooded and flies in March and April in the Mountains and the Ridge and Valley. The second week in April is the prime time to search in most years. The hostplant is Carolina vetch (Vicia caroliniana Walter), which is usually found on forest roadsides and trails and on rocky banks in the Mountains. There are also records of Carolina vetch occurrence in the Piedmont to the Fall Line as well as from five counties south of the Fall Line: Randolph, Clay, Decatur, Camden and Effingham.(USDA Plants Database). Early Date: March 26 (warm year) (Murray County); Late Date: April 26 (worn) (Rabun County). Conservation Status: Secure.