---
title: "Northern Azure"
description: "Celastrina lucia — Insetti e ragni. Celastrina lucia, the lucia azure, northern azure, eastern spring azure or northern spring azure, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/northern-azure
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Northern Azure

> Celastrina lucia — Insetti e ragni. Celastrina lucia, the lucia azure,  northern azure,  eastern spring azure or northern spring azure, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.

- Scientific name: *Celastrina lucia*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 15003
- Wikidata: [Q5057531](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5057531)
- iNaturalist taxon: [84662](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/84662)

## Names

- en: Northern Azure
- fr: Azur lucia

## Countries with the most observations

CA (10574), US (1760), PM (6)

## Summary

Celastrina lucia, the lucia azure,  northern azure,  eastern spring azure or northern spring azure, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found eastern North America, ranging from the Maritimes south through the Appalachian Mountains to West Virginia.
The wingspan is between 22–35 mm. Adults are sexually dimorphic. They are on wing from April to July.
The larvae feed on Vaccinium species, including V. pallidum.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celastrina_lucia

## Photo

![Northern Azure](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-azure/medium.jpg)

Photo: Carter Dorscht · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/174525501

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/northern-azure?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).