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Small Blue
Philotiella speciosa
Philotiella speciosa, the small blue, is a species of blue in the family of butterflies known as Lycaenidae. It is found in North America.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.227

Herbarius
1485 · p.130

Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.609

Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.568

On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.774

Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 8 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1686 · p.5
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 227839.