Plebejus anna ricei
(Anna's Blue)
© Jim Riley (Photo ID #15816)
Photographer's Submitted Details
Photo Location
Goat Rocks Wilderness
Photographer
Jim Riley
Habitat
Subalpine
Photo Date
September 20, 2009
Upload Date
January 06, 2012
Elevation (m)
1957
Latitude
46.5205535888672
Longitude
-121.484848022461
Photo ID #
15816
Comments
At Goat Lake, Gifford Pinchot N.F. Reviewed by Cris Guppy: "This is a female Anna's Blue, Lycaeides anna (subspecies ricei), from the Cascade Mountains of Washington, which should be stated in the Photo Location information. It cannot be L. idas, which does not occur in the area -- that eliminates one of three possible species. It is within the known range of L. anna and L. melissa. The relatively "faded" orange of the markings, despite it being a fresh specimen, indicates that it is Lycaeides anna. The high elevation is also unlikely, but not impossible, for L. melissa."