Thicket hairstreak ?
Mitoura spinetorum
This unidentified butterfly (possibly a thicket hairstreak) was photographed in the transition
zone between big sage/bitterbrush community and Juniper/Mt. Mahogany shrub-scrub
community. It is on an Allium species or wild onion. It was photographed
in icy, high winds near Picture Rock Pass, several miles northeast of Summer Lake,
OR.....May 26, 1996.
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