[Butterflies of the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Cedar Hairstreak

Mitoura grynea barryi/nelsoni

Cedar Hairstreak: Mitoura grynea barryi/nelsoni on pale bastard toad flax

A cedar hairstreak on pale bastard toadflax (Comandra umbellata var. pallida) several miles west of Arlington, Oregon and near several western junipers (Juniperus occidentalis) atop the gorge rimrock about one mile south of the Columbia River...........May 12, 2012. Note the white markings on the ventral hind wing which are prominent only on the forepart of that wing.
Paul Slichter