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Category: Lycaenidae

Plebejus anna (Anna’s Blue)

August 28, 2023 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

This was the second most common butterfly I found on the flanks of Mt. Adams, right behind the Phyciodes pulchella (Field…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Lycaenidae, Plants, Plebejus, Species Profiles Filed under: Anna’s Blue, Plebejus anna

Euphilotes glaucon (Summit Blue)

July 21, 2023 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

As soon as I was sure that I was looking at masses of Eriogonum umbellatum (Sulphur-flower Buckwheat) on my first trip to Mt.…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Euphilotes, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Lycaenidae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Euphilotes glaucon, Summit Blue

Glaucopsyche lygdamus (Silvery Blue)

July 9, 2023 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

There are only a few blues that I can identify on sight, without having to go through David Droppers’ excellent…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Glaucopsyche, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Lycaenidae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Glaucopsyche lygdamus, Silvery Blue

Icaricia saepiolus (Greenish Blue)

July 3, 2023 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

The first time I ever found these pretty little blues was on a Father’s Day weekend camping trip to Big…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Icaricia, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Lycaenidae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Greenish Blue, Icaricia saepiolus

Cupido comyntas (Eastern Tailed Blue)

June 25, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

Last Thursday I finally reencountered some members of a small, local population of Eastern Tailed Blues. To explain why this…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cupido, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Lycaenidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Cupido comyntas, Eastern Tailed Blue

Callophrys gryneus (Juniper Hairstreak)

June 20, 2021 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

The taxonomy of species presently considered to be in the genus Callophrys is in flux. In fact it’s kind of…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Callophrys, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Lycaenidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Callophrys gryneus, Juniper Hairstreak

Lycaena helloides (Purplish Copper)

September 20, 2020 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

This is by far the most abundant copper west of the Cascades, and the only copper that is found region…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Lycaena, Lycaenidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Lycaena helloides, Purplish Copper

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