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.[1]
The wingspan is between 22–35 mm. Adults are sexually dimorphic. They are on wing from April to July.[2]
The larvae feed on Vaccinium species, including V. pallidum.
Until the early 1990s, most North American azures were thought to be a single species, Celastrina ladon. More recently, research has revealed that there are many different species of azures, including C. lucia,[3] which had been treated as a subspecies of C. ladon.