[Butterflies of Mount Adams Country]

The photo above shows a close-up of a brown elfin as photographed on barestem desert parsley (Lomatium nudicaule) in meadows at about 1950' along the River Route Road (upper Klickitat River) between Elk and Trout Creeks........May 26, 2008.

A brown elfin is resting on a willow leaf along Road K1000 near the Klickitat/Yakima County line to the east of Mt. Adams..........April 30, 2009.