Boisduval's Blue
Plebejus icarioides pembina
Male

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icarioides pembina

emerged July 16 2007

PHOTO DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis

1.  Offspring of female located by Les and Nicky Davis and Jack Harry at Strawberry Reservoir, Wasatch County, Utah on  June 24, 2008.  Elevation 7700 feet, N. 40.09.85, W. 111.11.517.  Photo taken on the day adult emerged from pupa on August 3, 2008.

2.  July 16, 2007
Guardsman Pass, Salt Lake County, Utah

Sub-Species information
"7700' in Wasatch Co. would make them pembina. The borderline between pembina and fulla (ardea) is real fuzzy-  basically,  a 1500 or 2000' chunk of real estate between the deserts and mountain  habitats..."  Andy Warren

Host Plant
Lupines

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