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  Sighting 942567

Greenish Blue
Plebejus saepiolus

Observation date: June 18, 2013
Submitted by: icosahedron
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: None.
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: January 07, 2014
Coordinator notes: I am not sure which subspecies you have; aehaja is on the west Sierra slope and Sierran Crest and rufescens is on the east slope and Great Basin. But I would need to see collected material to ID the Agnew Meadow material with certainty. Ssp. rufescens tends to be larger in size than aehaja. The exact meeting point of the two entities has not yet been worked out. Based on the photos, I suspect it may be rufescens, also based on where Agnew Meadows is, but west slope taxa do occur in that area so I cannot be definite.
Checklist region(s): United States, California, Madera County