Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1091054

Acmon Blue
Plebejus acmon

Observation date: June 27, 2016
Submitted by: ncrosbyrd
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: None.
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: July 25, 2016
Coordinator notes: Your blue lacks checkered wing borders so is not a Euphilotes. The only place for E. centralis in California is above the Narrows near Westgard Pass in the White Mts. where they are associated with yellow flowered buckwheats mostly in early July.-Ken Davenport
Checklist region(s): United States, California, Sierra County