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Western Pine Elfins are really fast flyers, and can be hard to catch. But when they do alight, I find them usually cooperative to be photographed. Crane Prairie, Deschutes County, Oregon 43.79695, -121.76211 At a campsite we picnicked at next…
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Mariposa Copper Tharsalea mariposa
I have the best luck finding Mariposa Coppers in meadows or boggy areas, and a moist boggy meadows is the place I’ve had the best luckk. But I have also found them in regular dry meadows and along roadsides. Crane…
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Boisduval’s Blue Icaricia icarioides
Boisduval’s Blues are common and numerous. Probably the blue butterfly species I encounter most often in the northwest. Crane Prairie, Deschutes County, Oregon 43.79699, -121.7622 At a campsite we picnicked at next to Crane Prairie Reservoir. July 9, 2023 See…
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Dark Wood Nymph Cercyonis oetus oetus
Cercyonis oetus oetus butterfly puddling
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Hydaspe Fritillary Argynnis hydaspe
W Boundary Road, Klamath County, Oregon July 8, 2023 42.87091, -121.84722 In Shrubby area near Sandy Creek 42.87046, -121.84786 42.87058, -121.84749 See A. hydaspe in Washington.
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Gold-hunter’s Hairstreak Satyrium auretorum
Fishon, Klickitat River, Klickitat County 45.79345, -121.20695 June 3, 2023
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Western Pygmy Blue Brephidium exile
Western Pygmy Blue, dorsal view
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Western Green Hairstreak Callophrys affinis washingtonia
Snow Mountain Ranch, Yakima County 46.65379, -120.76865 May 19, 2023 The identification on this is not 100%, but Jon Pelham, taking into consideration the place and date, etc., and looking at the photo, says his best guess is Callophrys affinis.…
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Lupine Blue Icaricia lupini lutzi
Fish Lake, Sinlahekin Wildlife Area, Okanogan County, Washington 48.61789, -119.70825 July 2, 2022 Sinlahekin Road, Okanogan County 48.60345, -119.70916 June 29,2022 Sinlahekin Creek Road, Sinlahekin Wildlife Area, Okanogan County. July 2, 2022 48.69373, -119.76421