Butterflies and Moths of North America

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Lupine Blue
Plebejus lupini

Observation date: October 08, 2021
Submitted by: Joshua C
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Getting moisture or nutrients from the ground presumably. I'm not sure if this can be separated from Acmon from these images, but hopefully it can.
Status: Resident
Verified by: stevecary
Verified date: October 10, 2021
Coordinator notes: your images are fine. the problem is that the features to distinguish acmon from lupini are (in my mind) poorly understood. one such feature, however, is habitat and I think at this elevation you are looking at lupini.
Checklist region(s): United States, New Mexico, Bernalillo County