[Blue Butterflies East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Columbia Dotted Blue

Euphilotes columbiae

Columbia Dotted Blue: Euphilotes columbiae

A Columbia dotted blue observed several miles up a jeep road north of Box Canyon Road, Simcoe Mountains Unit of the Klickitat Wildlife Area......May 10, 2021.

Columbia Dotted Blue: Euphilotes columbiae - Columbia Dotted Blue: Euphilotes columbiae

What appears to be a columbia dotted blue nectaring upon the flowers of northern buckwheat (Eriogonum compositum var. compositum) along the Steins Pillar Trail #837 about one-third of a mile uphill from the trailhead, Ochoco National Forest.......June 2, 2018.

Columbia Dotted Blue: Euphilotes columbiae - Columbia Dotted Blue: Euphilotes columbiae

What may be Columbia dotted blues mudding in a wetland along Box Canyon Road about one-third of a mile west of Box Canyon, Simcoe Mountains Unit of the Klickitat Wildlife Area.......May 23, 2020.

Paul Slichter