I think it's a LUPINE Blue Butterfly
The species is almost impossible to distinguish from the nearly identical Acmon Blue, unless you get a shot of certain males with their wings open, but if my field guide is to be relied on this is the wing profile of a Lupine.
UC Davis Arboretum, Davis, Ca. August, 2023.
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I think it's a LUPINE Blue Butterfly
The species is almost impossible to distinguish from the nearly identical Acmon Blue, unless you get a shot of certain males with their wings open, but if my field guide is to be relied on this is the wing profile of a Lupine.
UC Davis Arboretum, Davis, Ca. August, 2023.
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Uploaded on August 15, 2023