Observation date: July 23, 2021
Date notes: Nectaring on verbena bonarensis in a suburban butterfly garden.
Submitted by: Brady7125@gmail.com
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: There is lead plant in the host plant garden, as well as false indigo as possible hosts?
Status: Temporary Colonist
Verified by: mikefisher
Verified date: August 31, 2021
Coordinator notes: Your suggested ID is close and L. cassius is similar but a more southern species. In Colorado we get the Marine Blue as a stray and they produce one or two summer-late summer flights, more commonly in some years than other and cannot survive our winter here. Mike
