Butterflies and Moths of North America

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Friday's Blue
Plebejus fridayi Chermock, 1945
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Identification: Upperside of male blue with narrow dark border; upperside of female bright blue with narrow pale markings. Underside of both sexes is dull gray-tan, with an overcast of greenish blue scales that are strong at the base but decreasing in intensity outwardly.
Wing Span: Males 25 mm, females 28 mm.
Life History:
Flight:
Caterpillar Hosts: Friday's Blues are closely associated with sites containing their caterpillar host plant, Whitney Locoweed (Astragalus whitneyi)
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Comments: NULL
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Verified Sightings

Displaying 25 - 48 of 73 verified sightings
Observation date: Jul 18, 1958
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Oakley Shields)
Region: Tuolumne County, California, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Garth & Tilden)
Verified date: Dec 16, 2009
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Observation date: Jun 26, 1961
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Oakley Shields)
Region: Mono County, California, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Garth & Tilden)
Verified date: Dec 16, 2009
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Observation date: Jul 28, 1958
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Oakley Shields)
Region: Mono County, California, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Garth & Tilden)
Verified date: Dec 16, 2009
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Observation date: Aug 11, 1960
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Oakley Shields)
Region: Mono County, California, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Garth & Tilden)
Verified date: Dec 16, 2009
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Observation date: Jul 11, 1994
Submitted by: Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport)
Region: Inyo County, California, United States
Verified by: Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport)
Verified date: Oct 19, 2009
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Observation date: Jul 28, 1922
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (J. A. Comstock)
Region: Mono County, California, United States
Verified by: Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport)
Verified date: Oct 19, 2009
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Observation date: Aug 14, 1970
Submitted by: Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport)
Region: Mono County, California, United States
Verified by: Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport)
Verified date: Oct 19, 2009
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Observation date: Jul 11, 2004
Submitted by: Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport)
Region: Mono County, California, United States
Verified by: Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport)
Verified date: Oct 19, 2009
  Details
Observation date: Jun 23, 1986
Submitted by: Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport)
Region: Inyo County, California, United States
Verified by: Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport)
Verified date: Oct 19, 2009
  Details
Observation date: Jul 27, 2002
Submitted by: Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport)
Region: Mono County, California, United States
Verified by: Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport)
Verified date: Oct 19, 2009
  Details
Observation date: Jul 10, 1996
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Bruce & Bret Boyd)
Region: Mono County, California, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (George T. Austin)
Verified date: Oct 19, 2009
  Details
Observation date: Jul 19, 1976
Submitted by: Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport)
Region: Mono County, California, United States
Verified by: Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport)
Verified date: Oct 19, 2009
  Details
Observation date: Jun 20, 1988
Submitted by: Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport)
Region: Inyo County, California, United States
Verified by: Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport)
Verified date: Oct 19, 2009
  Details
Observation date: Aug 01, 1997
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Jeffrey Glassberg)
Region: Tuolumne County, California, United States
Verified by: Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport)
Verified date: Oct 19, 2009
  Details
Observation date: Aug 10, 1958
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Oakley Shields)
Region: Madera County, California, United States
Verified by: Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport)
Verified date: Oct 19, 2009
  Details
Observation date: Jun 18, 2004
Submitted by: Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport)
Region: Mono County, California, United States
Verified by: Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport)
Verified date: Oct 19, 2009
  Details
Observation date: Jul 11, 1994
Submitted by: Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport)
Region: Inyo County, California, United States
Verified by: Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport)
Verified date: Oct 19, 2009
  Details
Observation date: Jul 01, 2002
Submitted by: paulopler (Paul Opler)
Region: Mono County, California, United States
Verified by: Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport)
Verified date: Oct 19, 2009
  Details
Observation date: Jul 25, 1981
Submitted by: Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport)
Region: Mono County, California, United States
Verified by: Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport)
Verified date: Oct 19, 2009
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Observation date: Jul 07, 1979
Submitted by: Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport)
Region: Inyo County, California, United States
Verified by: Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport)
Verified date: Oct 19, 2009
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Observation date: Jul 06, 2004
Submitted by: Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport)
Region: Inyo County, California, United States
Verified by: Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport)
Verified date: Oct 19, 2009
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Observation date: Jul 03, 1959
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (R. Stanford, P. Opler)
Region: Tuolumne County, California, United States
Verified by: Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport)
Verified date: Oct 19, 2009
  Details
Observation date: Aug 10, 1996
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Bruce & Bret Boyd)
Region: Mono County, California, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (George T. Austin)
Verified date: Oct 19, 2009
  Details
Observation date: Aug 09, 1998
Submitted by: Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport)
Region: Mono County, California, United States
Verified by: Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport)
Verified date: Oct 19, 2009
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