The Greenish Blue butterfly (Plebejus saepiolus) is a common butterfly of the Western United States. In many ways it also defies the logic of blue butterflies.
The top picture, for example, shows that the female Greenish Blue has brown wings. The wing color and pattern gives the female Greenish Blue a look more similar to a copper butterfly than a blue butterfly.
The second picture shows the male Greenish Blue. Assuming color variations based on location, it still stretches the imagination to conceptualize the wing color as having a green tint.
The picture shows also shows the butterfly's characteristic dark border around the wings.
Also consider the third picture. It shows a side view of a Greenish Blue with orange spots on the edges of the wings. Commonly, blue butterflies with orange spots on the underside of the wings also have orange spots on the top side of the wings. Only the female Greenish Blue follows this pattern. While defying most blue butterfly logic, the Greenish Blue does present itself as a very stylish butterfly.
