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Lupine Blue - Hodges#4381 (Plebejus lupini)
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Copyright © 2016
Jason R Eckberg
Lupine Blue -
Plebejus lupini
Warm Springs Natural Area near Moapa, Clark County, Nevada, USA
May 25, 2016
Feeding on Narrow-leaf bird's foot trefoil (Lotus glaber)
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Contributed by
Jason R Eckberg
on 25 May, 2016 - 7:21pm
Last updated 23 July, 2019 - 9:54am
Moved
Moved from
Acmon Blue
.
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Nick Block
, 23 July, 2019 - 8:48am
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Sure enough -
Orange submarginal band! Thanks!
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Jason R Eckberg
, 23 July, 2019 - 9:55am
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Based mostly on range
Acmon and Lupine can basically be identical on the ventral side. This ID was based on range, as Acmon is only known in NV from the Sierras, as far as I know. See
this article
for more info.
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Nick Block
, 23 July, 2019 - 10:55am
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