Western Pygmy-Blue
Brephidium exilis
 
Specimen

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Male Dorsal
male dorsal view
Female Dorsal
Female Dorsal


Male  Ventral
Male ventral


Female Ventral
Female Ventral


PHOTO DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis
Male Dorsal
3.5 Miles SSE ST. George
 Ft. Pierce Wash, Washington County, Utah
5 October 1985
Jack Harry Collection

Male  Ventral
larva located by Cartago
 Inyo County, California
emerged  17 May 1998
Jack Harry Collection

Female Dorsal
St. George, Washington County, Utah
elevation 2600 feet
18 April 1987
Jack Harry Collection

Female Ventral
Salt Lake City Airport
Salt Lake County, Utah
emerged  29 October 2001
Jack Harry Collection

LIFE HISTORY:
Ovum:  5 days
Larva:  20 days
Pupa:  9 days
Adult: 
Broods:
Hibernation:  Overwinter as  ?


Host Plant
Silverscale, syn. Silver Orach, syn. Wedgescale - Atriplex argentea
Tumbleweed, syn. Russian Thistle - Salsola kali
and other


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