Desert Buckwheat Blue
Euphilotes pallescens emmeli
Specimen

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Male Dorsal
Male Dorsal
Female Dorsal
Female Dorsal

Male Ventral
male ventral

Female Ventral
Female ventral

Male Dorsal
male dorsal

Male Ventral
Male Ventral

Male Ventral
male ventral

 Female Dorsal
Female Dorsal


Female Ventral
Female Ventral


Female Ventral
Female Ventral


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

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