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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters (Lycaenidae) » Blues (Polyommatinae) » Plebejus » Anna's Blue - Hodges#4374.1 (Plebejus anna)
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Anna's Blue - Plebejus anna - male
Copyright © 2009 D. Cheasebro

Anna's Blue - Plebejus anna - Male
Gold Creek Pond (just E of Snoqualmie Pass on I-90), 2600 feet elevation, Kittitas County, Washington, USA
July 14, 2009
Shot in the same area within 18 minutes of three Anna's Blues, Plebejus anna (also posted), so that's likely what this is, but it's probably impossible to tell by the male's topside only. There was also one individual with a checked fringe, so the Anna's Blues didn’t have the meadow to themselves.

This male might be P. icarioides; I’m just supposing that it’s related to the others. Note: revised probable ID from Plebejus idas after David's refinement of the others' ID.

The flower appears to be Oxeye Daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare (non-native).
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Contributed by D. Cheasebro on 26 July, 2009 - 3:18pm
Last updated 3 December, 2009 - 11:05pm

Moved
Moved from Plebejus.
… David J. Ferguson, 3 December, 2009 - 9:43pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Kevin Hall, 24 August, 2009 - 1:12pm login or register to post comments

without seeing the underside, it's very difficult
to tell for sure. Odds are good that they're all the same. I think the others are indeed Northern Blues.
… David J. Ferguson, 26 July, 2009 - 4:11pm login or register to post comments

 
uncertain
David, thanks. It would have been nice to be able to put all four on the species page (big improvement over the two fine but lonely easterners), but I doubted they'd all make it.
… D. Cheasebro, 26 July, 2009 - 4:48pm login or register to post comments

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