Lupine Blue, Female Eclosure - Plebejus lupini lutzi
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Scroll down for all photos of a FEMALE EMERGING FROM PUPA.  For other photos and information, click on your choice of


MALE     FEMALE     MALE EMERGENCE     LARVA       PUPA     SPECIMEN

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Female emerged from pupa and climbed a stem to inflate wings
inflating wings

Inflating Wings
inflating wings

Inflating Wings
inflating wings

Inflating Wings
inflating wings

Inflating Wings
inflating wings

Drying Wings
drying wings

drying wings


Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis
Todd Stout located females on Parsnipflower Buckwheat - Eriogonum heraceoidesJuly 12, 2008, .4 miles SW  Bountiful Peak, west side of Wasatch Mountains, Davis County, Utah
elevation 8900 feet

Photos of Female  just after emerging from pupa.

Host
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Parsnipflower Buckwheat, Eriogonum heracleoides


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