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  Sighting 1341711

Western Pygmy-Blue
Brephidium exilis

Observation date: August 02, 2020
Submitted by: dbrudin
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Hot afternoon in an urban, weedy spot, nectaring on some yellow Asteraceae family flower.
Status: Resident
Verified by: mikefisher
Verified date: October 02, 2022
Coordinator notes: Your suggested ID is correct (could not be anything else based on size alone although I have seen Reakirt's Blue as small but it has different markings). The flower is probably a Prairie Daisy...but a Compositae...though kind of like than an Asteraceae.
Checklist region(s): United States, Colorado, El Paso County