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Blues - Polyommatinae butterflies

Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae (gossamer-winged butterflies, blues) - 5 species in 5 genera (out of 600 species worldwide - second most speciose)
Subfamily: Polyommatinae - blues

Species on page:

+ Western pygmy-blue (Brephidium exilis)
+ Reakirt's blue (Echinargus isola )
+ Atala (Eumaeus atala) or coontie hairstreak - separate page
+ Acmon blue (Icaricia acmon)
+ Melissa blue (Plebejus melissa)

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Western pygmy-blue (Brephidium exilis)

Western pygmy-blue (Brephidium exilis)
Family: Lycaenidae (gossamer-winged butterflies )
Alviso 2019
Don Edwards National Shoreline
October 19, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

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Western pygmy-blue (Brephidium exilis)
Family: Lycaenidae (gossamer-winged butterflies )
Alviso 2019
Don Edwards National Shoreline
October 19, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

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Western pygmy-blue (Brephidium exilis)
Family: Lycaenidae (gossamer-winged butterflies )
Alviso 2019
Don Edwards National Shoreline
October 19, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

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don edwards 2020 - dumbarton west

Western pygmy-blue (Brephidium exilis)
Family: Lycaenidae (gossamer-winged butterflies )
Don Edwards National Shoreline
June 7, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

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Reakirt's blue (Echinargus isola)

Texas 2024

Reakirt's blue (Echinargus isola)
Family: Lycaenidae (gossamer-winged butterflies, blues)
Hornsby Bend
Austin, Texas 2024
April 10, 2024
Canon R5

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Melissa blue (Plebejus melissa)

Melissa

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Melissa blue (Plebejus melissa)
Family: Lycaenidae (gossamer-winged butterflies, blues)
Week 7 to 8 transition
Lake Winnamucca
July 30, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

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Acmon blue (Icaricia acmon)

wunderlich

Acmon blue (Icaricia acmon)
Family: Lycaenidae (gossamer-winged butterflies)
Wunderlich Park 2021
May 31, 2021 with Jennifer Rycenga
Canon 7D markII

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Blue

edgewood

Acmon blue (Icaricia acmon)
Family: Lycaenidae (gossamer-winged butterflies)
Yellow mariposa lily (Calochortus luteus)
Family: Liliaceae (lilies)
Edgewood Park
With Atul Chaudhari
May 26, 2020
Canon 7Dmark2

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Time to Acmon

jasper ridge 2021

Acmon blue (Icaricia acmon)
Family: Lycaenidae (gossamer-winged butterflies)
Jasper Ridge
With Bob and Jack
June 21, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

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delpuerto 2024

Acmon blue (Icaricia acmon)
Family: Lycaenidae (gossamer-winged butterflies)
Del Puerto Canyon
June 8, 2024
Canon R5

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Last modified: June 15, 2024
Created: October 24, 2019 (from atala.html)
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