Arctic Blue 
Plebejus glandon rustica
Specimen

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Male Dorsal
male dorsal
Female Dorsal
female dorsal

Male Ventral
male ventral



PHOTO AND OTHER DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis
Specimen from the Jack L. Harry Collection

Male Dorsal
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ocated by Jack L. Harry at kilometer #423 Dempster Highway, Yukon Territory, Canada
elevation 793 meters, 30 June 1996
Male has orange on antennae


Male Ventral
Located by Jack L. Harry
at kilometer #423 Dempster Highway, Yukon Territory, Canada 
elevation 793 meters, 30 June 1996

Female Dorsal
Located by Jack L. Harry
at 1 mile North East of Chepeta Lake, Duchesne County, Utah
elevation 11300 feet,
18 July 1992
Female doesn't have orange on antennae


TIME SPENT AS:
Ova:  5 to 7 days
Larvae:  extremely variable -the first one fed for 27 days and the last one fed 51 days. 
Most commonly first instar (6 days), second instar (6 days), third instar ( 5 days), fourth instar (9 days)
John Emmel brood hibernated as 2nd instar.
Pupae: 9 to 10 days
Adults:  unknown


BROOD OR FLIGHT:
One flight each year 
per  James A. Scott "The Butterflies of North America".  These females were found on the wing the first of August in 2008 and 2009.

HIBERNATION:
Overwinter as half grown larva or pupa per  James A. Scott "The Butterflies of North America"


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