Western Tailed-Blue
Cupido amyntula

Adults

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Male from pupa #2  just  after eclosure - 8:01 A.M.  July 6, 2007
male


Male from pupa #3 just  after eclosure - 6:27 P.M. August  2, 2007
male


Male mud  puddling - Butterfield Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah - May 17, 2007
puddling


Male mud puddling Butterfield Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah -  May 17, 2007
mud puddling


Male,  Butterfield Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah -  May 26, 2006
male


Male,  Butterfield Canyon, Salt Lake County - May 26, 2006
male


Guardsman Pass Creek - May 30, 2012
puddling


Male Nectaring Guardsman Pass Creek, May 30, 2012
male nectaring


Female just after eclosure - from reared  immatures (#4 ovum) - 9:41 P.M. August 4, 2007
female

Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis
Photos of  adult male and females
 
Host
Utah Sweetvetch, Hedysarum boreale
Astragalus cicer

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