Pine Elfin, Western Pine Elfin
Incisalia eryphon
The photo above shows a close-up of a pine
elfin as photographed on a sedge in meadows at about 4000' along Crofton Creek
immediately to the east of Crofton Butte on the southern slopes of Mt. Adams.........June
1006.
The photo above shows a close-up of a pine
elfin as seen on Road K4000 near 4000' on the eastern slopes of Mt. Adams..........June
18, 2006.
A western pine elfin resting on rabbitbush goldenweed (Ericameria bloomeri) along the Willard Springs Trail, Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge......May 15, 2020.
Western pine elfin nectaring on mahala mat flowers (Ceanothus prostratus) along an old railroad bed through the forest near the south trailhead to the western half of the Klickitat Canyon NRCA..........May 1, 2015.
Paul Slichter