Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 963301

Lupine Blue
Plebejus lupini

Observation date: May 15, 2012
Submitted by: coreyk
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: 5921' elevation, in a montane wash community surrounded by pinyon-juniper and mixed shrub community
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: May 14, 2014
Coordinator notes: It appears to be texanus though Austin reports both acmon and texanus occur in Clark County. Texanus may be a species in itself since it is multiple brooded and lupini is supposed to be a single brooded entity. Some believe texanus is more closely related to acmon than lupini since it is multiple brooded. Lupini itself is probably a complex of species.-Ken Davenport
Checklist region(s): United States, Nevada, Clark County