Desert Buckwheat Blue - Euphilotes pallescens emmeli - Specimen
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LARVAE        PUPAE      FEMALE #2 WITH TYPICAL MARKINGS EMERGING       FEMALE #3 WITH EXTRA BAR MARKING EMERGING         MALE EMERGING  
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Comparison Specimen Photos
Male - dorsal
male dorsal
Female
female dorsal

Male - Ventral
Male ventral
Female - Ventral
male ventral


Male - Dorsal
Male Dorsal


Male Ventral
Male Ventral

Male Ventral
Male Ventral

Female Dorsal
female dorsal


Female Ventral
female ventral

Female Ventral
Male Ventral




Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis
Les & Nicky Davis, Jacque Wolfe and Jack Harry located larvae near Little Flat Top, Emery County, Utah - 12 September 2011

Elevation -  5025 Feet

It has been  reported that this subspecies is associated with ants and many of the host plant in this area were in ant beds and the ants were all over the plant. 

Host Plant
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Sand Buckwheat - Eriogonum leptocladon

Habitat
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Little Flat Top


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