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| These small butterflies (about 1 inch) were out in force in a subalpine meadow where I was hiking on June 12, 2003. They were nectaring on a variety of flowers, basking, and courting. This appears to be a male, as the females were not as brightly colored. The underwings of both sexes were gray-brown with just a slight tinge of blue. They overwinter as caterpillars on vetches, clovers, lupines, and other legumes. Adults nectar on asters and other plants. They range throughout most of boreal North America. |
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