• Source: Icaricia icarioides

Icaricia icarioides, or Boisduval's blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae found in North America. This butterfly has 25 recognized subspecies.
Their range extends throughout the western US and Canada from southern Saskatchewan to British Columbia. 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.
Larvae feed on species of lupines (Lupinus). Adults feed on nectar from flowers of Eriogonum species and other composites.
Wingspan: 21 to 32 mm.




Similar species


Greenish blue (Icaricia saepiolus)
Silvery blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus)




Subspecies


Icaricia icarioides albihalos
Icaricia icarioides argusmontana
Icaricia icarioides atascadero
Icaricia icarioides austinorum
Icaricia icarioides blackmorei – Puget blue
Icaricia icarioides buchholzi
Icaricia icarioides eosierra
Icaricia icarioides evius
Icaricia icarioides fenderi – Fender's blue
Icaricia icarioides fulla
Icaricia icarioides helios
Icaricia icarioides icarioides
Icaricia icarioides inyo
Icaricia icarioides lycea
Icaricia icarioides missionensis – Mission blue
Icaricia icarioides montis
Icaricia icarioides moroensis
Icaricia icarioides nigrafem
Icaricia icarioides panamintina
Icaricia icarioides parapheres
Icaricia icarioides pardalis
Icaricia icarioides pembina
Icaricia icarioides pheres (extinct)†
Icaricia icarioides sacre
Icaricia icarioides santana




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Icaricia icarioides
• Icaricia icarioides blackmorei
• Mission blue butterfly
• Icaricia
• Morro Bay, California
• Lycaenidae
• Satyrium semiluna
• Fender's blue butterfly
• List of butterflies of Oregon
• List of butterflies of North America (Lycaenidae)