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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies (excluding skippers) (Papilionoidea) » Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters (Lycaenidae) » Blues (Polyommatinae) » Plebejus » Melissa Blue (Plebejus melissa)
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Melissa Blue - Lycaeides melissa - Plebejus melissa
Copyright © 2004 Bill Johnson

Melissa Blue - Lycaeides melissa - Plebejus melissa
Glenwood - Ordway Prairie, Douglas County, Minnesota, USA
August 27, 2004
At first, I thought this might be Karner's Blue, but after further checking, I believe it's Melissa Blue. Wold that ID be correct?
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Contributed by Bill Johnson on 26 September, 2005 - 5:16pm
Last updated 4 November, 2005 - 7:24pm

Yes it is
A Melissa Blue ..and a pretty good shot .. it is really hard to tell with the Coppers and Blues without have a pic of both sides ..

Marn
… Marion Cronen, 2 October, 2005 - 1:04pm login or register to post comments

telling subspecies apart
can be pretty difficult, but someone here might be able to do it for you (but not us!) Karner's are pretty well documented and don't fly far from their Lupine patches, so someone should know if they are at Ordway.
… john and jane balaban, 26 September, 2005 - 10:30pm login or register to post comments

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