Boisduval's Blue

Icaricia icarioides

The photo above showsa close-up view of the ventral wing surfaces of a male Boisduval's blue mudding along Elk Creek along the River Route Road to the northeast of the Klickitat Fish Hatchery..........May 26, 2008.

The photo above shows a close-up view of the dorsal wing surfaces of a male Boisduval's blue mudding along Elk Creek along the River Route Road to the northeast of the Klickitat Fish Hatchery.........May 26, 2008.

The photo above shows another view of a male Boisduval's blue mudding along Elk Creek along the River Route Road to the northeast of the Klickitat Fish Hatchery...........May 26, 2008.

Boisduval's blues nectaring upon the flowers of compact phacelia (Phacelia hastata var. compacta) at left and upon pussypaws (at right) along the Shorthorn Trail #16 several hundred yards downhill from the junction with the Round the Mountain Trail #9, Mt. Adams Wilderness.......July 7, 2021.

The photos directly above and below on this page show what might be a Boisduval's blue mudding along a creek alongside the Round the Mt. Trail #9 in Bird Creek Meadows..........August 13, 2006.

The photo above shows a view of the underwings of a Boisduval's blue nectaring on hyacinth cluster lily (Triteleia hyacinthina) as seen in the Klickitat Canyon NRCA to the east of Mt. Adams.........June 22, 2008.

These photos show close-ups of an unidentified blue nectaring on Rocky Mt. Helianthella (Helianthella uniflora) along the Island Springs Trail #66 on the eastern slopes of Mt. Adams........Junly 17, 2006. This plant species seemed to be highly attractive of field crescents and snowberry checkerspots as well.

The photo above shows a view of the irridescent blue upper wings of a male Boisduval's blue nectaring on hyacinth cluster lily (Triteleia hyacinthina) as seen in the Klickitat Canyon NRCA to the east of Mt. Adams..........June 22, 2008.