Plebejus icarioides eosierra - 'Eastern Sierra' Boisduval's Blue
Plebejus icarioides eosierra, the 'Eastern Sierra' Boisduval's Blue, at Kelso Valley near Sageland. April 7, 2014.
Plebejus icarioides eosierra - 'Eastern Sierra' Boisduval's Blue
Female Plebejus icarioides eosierra, same location as above, on April 29, 2008.
Plebejus icarioides eosierra - 'Eastern Sierra' Boisduval's Blue
Plebejus icarioides eosierra, also from the trip down Kelso Valley Road in 2008. They were common around their host, Lupinus excubitus.
Plebejus icarioides eosierra - 'Eastern Sierra' Boisduval's Blue
Same day as above. The Eastern Sierra Blue was described in 1998 in Systematics of Western North American Butterflies, pp. 183-4.

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