Observation date: July 16, 2025
Submitted by: Jon Kindschy
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: None.
Status: Resident
Verified by: mikefisher
Verified date: August 31, 2025
Coordinator notes: Just as I verified your last sighting that was the Arctic Blue and explained differences to the Boisduval's Blue, here you post Boisduval's Blue! All males in your photo...You can see that the male to the very left has a black bar on the forewing but it is small (like I said, usually just a black dot), while the other two have none. The host plant of this blue across its distribution in the western U.S. and Canada is Lupine and it should really be commonly called "The Lupine Blue"...the blue that is named the Lupine Blue actually does not have any association with lupine at all...it feeds on buckwheats (Eriogonum). I think you have submitted one or more photos of that blue in your area also. Mike
