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Butterfly near lake - Plebejus lupini - male
Copyright © 2009 Tiffany

Butterfly near lake - Plebejus lupini - Male
Kaibab Lake near Williams Arizona, Arizona, USA
June 9, 2009
Contributed by Tiffany on 16 June, 2009 - 11:23pm
Last updated 6 August, 2009 - 3:53pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).
… David J. Ferguson, 6 August, 2009 - 3:53pm

Butterfly
Looks like a male Acmon blue.
… Nick Richter, 17 June, 2009 - 11:27am

 
In the latest treatments
Everything of this type found outside of California (and much of what is in California) is being tentatively refered to P. lupini now. This would be P. lupini ssp. texanus by this reconning.
… David J. Ferguson, 21 July, 2009 - 2:44pm

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