Boisduval's Blue
Plebejus icarioides pembina
 
Specimen


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Male Dorsal
Male Dorsal

Female Dorsal
Female dorsal

Male Ventral
Male Ventral


Female Ventral
Female ventral


Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis
Male Dorsal
Jack Harry located 23 July 1991 - East side of Francis Peak, Morgan County, Utah, elevation 9200 feet


Male Ventral
Jack Harry located 3 July 1995, Union Valley Reservoir, El Dorado County, California
Elevation 4900 feet

Female Dorsal
Jack Harry located 21 June 1992 - Bountiful, Peak, Davis County, Utah
elevation 9000 feet

Female Ventral
Jack Harry located 2 July 1995 - East end of Lundy Lake, Mono County, California
elevation 7800 feet


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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