Pupa at 4:38 P.M, .October 20, 2006 - Butterfly
emerged
6:50P.M.

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Pupa at 4:38 P.M., October 20, 2006
- Butterfly emerged 6:50P.M.

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Pupa at 5:40 P.M., October
19, 2006

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Pupa at 5:40 P.M., October
19, 2006

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Pupa on October 17, 2006

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Pupa on October 17, 2006

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Photo Details - ©Nicky
Davis
Larva located October 5th and 7th,
Jericho Dunes, Near Lynndyl, Millard County, Utah
Elevation 4933 feet
North 39º
38.740 feet, West 112º 18.357 feet
This larva was
located on a Eriogonum
kearneyi and
was thought to be another Euphilotes
pallescens, but it turned out to
be Plebejus acmon or lupini ssp.
unknown. The larvae were fed Redroot Buckwheat
Row 1., 2.,
3. of Pupa with
dates listed
"As far as the
bugs from the Jericho Dunes, I am not exactly sure what
those are (and I suspect nobody really knows, yet). They might be a
lupini, or most likely a texanus (if texanus proves to be a separate
species from lupini as Opler believes). They look very much like the
texanus that fly on the E Colorado prairie in association with
Eriogonum
effusum (and those may or may not be "real" texanus). The acmon-lupini
group requires some major revision. While the identity and distribution
of "true" acmon is probably nearly known now (basically Baja, CA, OR, S
WA,
far SW ID and far W NV), the various subspecies currently lumped under
"lupini" in the Pelham Catalogue and on BOA probably represents 4 or 5
distinct species, at least. It will take a lot of time to sort these
out...
" Andy Warren
Host
Plant
For photos of
host plant, click on
Kearney's
Buckwheat, syn. Money Buckwheat - Eriogonum kearneyi
Redroot
Buckwheat
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