Observation date: February 18, 2022
Date notes: Early 2022
Submitted by: Seth Mueller
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Found flying over California buckwheat, temperature was high 60’s on a sunny day.
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: February 27, 2022
Coordinator notes: This is winter form cottlei-Ken Davenport PS: It is too early in the season for Clemence's Blue (Plebejus monticola)which now has species status, though it is in the Lupine Blue complex. Bamona does not yet recognize the change.