Icaricia icarioides
Species of butterfly
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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]
| Icaricia icarioides | |
|---|---|
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| Mission blue, male upperside. | |
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| Fender's blue, male underside. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Icaricia |
| Species: | I. icarioides |
| Binomial name | |
| Icaricia icarioides (Boisduval, 1852) | |
| Subspecies | |
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| Synonyms | |
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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
Subspecies
- 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]