Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1413095

Melissa Blue (includes Karner Blue)
Plebejus melissa

Observation date: August 26, 2025
Submitted by: Cascade Colors
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: A very pretty one, seemed fairly newly emerged. (I have been busy but will respond to your question on species/numbers/locations in a week or two!)
Status: Resident
Verified by: mikefisher
Verified date: September 04, 2025
Coordinator notes: Your ID is correct...yes...very nice newly emerged female...the second and last flight in the mountains this year. There was another submission of yours that seemed to have disappeared...it was a female Blue Copper on an aster flower...I verified the male and I think I skipped a line in the listing and did the Zephyr Comma ahead of it and when I checked for it...it was gone? Wonder if it was from the same place as the other and the system took it out (if it was the same date/place)? Mike
Checklist region(s): United States, Colorado, Grand County