Icaricia icarioides
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| Icaricia icarioides | |
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| Mission blue, male upperside. | |
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| Fender's blue, male underside. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Icaricia |
| Species: | I. icarioides
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| Binomial name | |
| Icaricia icarioides (Boisduval, 1852)
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Icaricia icarioides,[1] or Boisduval's blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae found in North America. This butterfly has 25 recognized subspecies.[2]
Their range extends throughout the western US and Canada from southern Saskatchewan to British Columbia.[3] Its habitats include dunes, mountains, meadows, streams, and sage-lands. It is also found in open areas or openings in woods near its larval host.[4]
Larvae feed on species of lupines (Lupinus).[3] Adults feed on nectar from flowers of Eriogonum species and other composites.[4]
Wingspan: 21 to 32 mm.[3]
Similar species
[edit]Subspecies
[edit]- Icaricia icarioides albihalos[5]
- Icaricia icarioides argusmontana[6]
- Icaricia icarioides atascadero[7]
- Icaricia icarioides austinorum[8]
- Icaricia icarioides blackmorei – Puget blue[9]
- Icaricia icarioides buchholzi[10]
- Icaricia icarioides eosierra[11]
- Icaricia icarioides evius[12]
- Icaricia icarioides fenderi – Fender's blue[13]
- Icaricia icarioides fulla[14]
- Icaricia icarioides helios[15]
- Icaricia icarioides icarioides[16]
- Icaricia icarioides inyo[17]
- Icaricia icarioides lycea[18]
- Icaricia icarioides missionensis – Mission blue[19]
- Icaricia icarioides montis[20]
- Icaricia icarioides moroensis[21]
- Icaricia icarioides nigrafem
- Icaricia icarioides panamintina[22]
- Icaricia icarioides parapheres[23]
- Icaricia icarioides pardalis[24]
- Icaricia icarioides pembina[25]
- Icaricia icarioides pheres (extinct)†[26]
- Icaricia icarioides sacre
- Icaricia icarioides santana[27]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku. "Icaricia icarioides". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
- ^ "A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada by Jonathan P. Pelham". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ a b c Boisduval's Blue, Butterflies of Canada
- ^ a b "Icaricia icarioides". explorer.natureserve.org.
- ^ "Plebejus icarioides albihalos thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ "Plebejus icarioides argusmontana thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ "Plebejus icarioides atascadero thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ "Plebejus icarioides austinorum thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ "Plebejus icarioides blackmorei thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ "Plebejus icarioides buchholzi thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ "BoA 404 Not Found". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Plebejus icarioides evius thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ "Plebejus icarioides fenderi thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ "Plebejus icarioides fulla thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ "Plebejus icarioides helios thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ "Plebejus i icarioides thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ "Plebejus icarioides inyo thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ "Plebejus icarioides lycea thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ "Plebejus icarioides missionensis thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ "Plebejus icarioides montis thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ "Plebejus icarioides moroensis thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ "Plebejus icarioides panamintina thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ "Plebejus icarioides parapheres thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ "Plebejus icarioides pardalis thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ "Plebejus icarioides pembina thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ "Plebejus icarioides pheres thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ "Plebejus icarioides santana thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
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