Boisduval's Blue, Male - Plebejus icarioides pembina
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adult male

adult that emerged on August 3, 2008




Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis

1.  Offspring of female
located Strawberry Reservoir, Wasatch County, Utah on  June 24, 2008.  Elevation 7700 feet, N. 40.09.85, W. 111.11.517.  Photo taken on the day adult emerged from pupa on August 3, 2008.

2.  July 16, 2007
Guardsman Pass, Salt Lake County, Utah

Sub-Species information
"7700' in Wasatch Co. would make them pembina. The borderline between pembina and fulla (ardea) is real fuzzy-  basically,  a 1500 or 2000' chunk of real estate between the deserts and mountain  habitats..."  Andy Warren


Host
Lupines

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