Desert Buckwheat Blue  Euphilotes pallescens emmeli Female Eclosure #2 with typical markings & Female Eclosure #3 with extra black bar on wing Home  -  Butterflies  -  Details Larva    Pupa    Male Eclosure   Specimen

Female #2  emerging and inflating wings - 9 October 2011 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Female #3 emerging and inflating wings - 8 October 2011 She has extra bar on under hindwing Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis Les & Nicky Davis, Jacque Wolfe and Jack Harry located larvae near Little Flat Top, Emery County, Utah - 12 September 2011 Elevation -  5025 Feet It has been  reported that this subspecies is associated with ants and many of the host plant in this area were in ant beds and the ants were all over the plant.  Host Plant Sand Buckwheat - Eriogonum leptocladon Habitat Little Flat Top