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Melissa Blue (includes Karner Blue)
Plebejus melissa

Observation date: July 12, 2014
Submitted by: diwalks2@gmail.com
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: hot high mid eighties slight cloud cover part of the day, mid day. dry no rain for quite a while drought year. meadow area above lake pine oak forest chaparral and meadows with lots of wild flowers. also riparian areas also along dry creek bed. great coppers purple coppers 100's + everywhere lots of blues crescents yellow butterflies and many more. amazing place and day. wild flowers covered on road side.
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: July 16, 2014
Coordinator notes: This is a nice female, subspecies paradoxa-Ken Davenport
Checklist region(s): United States, California, San Diego County