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  2. Animals
  3. Arthropods
  4. Insects
  5. Butterflies and Moths
  6. Gossamer-winged Butterflies
  7. Plebejus
  8. Lycaeides
  9. Melissa Blue

species 6,979 observations

Melissa Blue

Plebejus melissa

Status
native
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supported by All

464 native plants
support it in the US
  • Caterpillar hosts Plants its caterpillars eat Sundial Lupine, Wild Licorice, White Point-vetch, Large-leaved Lupine 285
  • Nectar plants Plants whose flowers it visits Nodding Onion, Common Yarrow, Spreading Dogbane, White Heath Aster 179

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

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