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Icaricia acmon
The Acmon Blue (Plebejus acmon) is a North American butterfly. It ranges mainly in California but can be seen north to Oregon and south through Baja California. The tops of the wings are blue with dark edges in males and brown in females. Its underside is white with black spots for both sexes with a red-orange band on the hindwing. Adults feed on nectar while caterpillars can feed on buckwheats, lupines, trefoils, and milkvetches. Like many other Lycaenid butterflies, it has a mutualistic relationship with ants, who protect Acmon Blue larvae in exchange for honeydew that the larvae secrete.
Coastal scrub and grassland
Spotted on Jun 16, 2012
Submitted on Jun 16, 2012
7 Comments
I love it !!!!
Lovely!
a beauty!
The butterfly is beautiful no doubt, but more importantly to me, your pictures are so natural and beautiful - although small, they've captured the Californian sun that I remember so well....
Well this is really a fantastic one love it:)
Thanks Gerardo. We don't have big flashy butterflies here in California, like they do in the tropics, but some of these little ones have subtle beauty.
Beautiful !