Icaricia saepiolus

"Greenish blue" redirects here. For the color, see cyan.

Greenish blue
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Icaricia
Species:
I. saepiolus
Binomial name
Icaricia saepiolus
(Boisduval, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Lycaena saepiolus Boisduval, 1852
  • Plebejus saepiolus
  • Cupido saepiolus
  • Aricia saepiolus

Icaricia saepiolus, the greenish blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from the northwestern United States to southern Saskatchewan and Alberta.[1]

The wingspan is 21–28 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August.[1]

The larvae feed on Trifolium monathum, Trifolium longipes, and Trifolium wormskioldii.[1][2]

Subspecies

  • I. s. hilda (J. & R. Grinnel, 1907)
  • I. s. insulanus (Blackmore, 1919)
  • I. s. amica Edwards, 1863
  • I. s. gertschi (dos Passos, 1938)
  • I. s. whitmeri (Brown, 1951)
  • I. s. aureolus Emmel & Mattoon, 1998

References

  1. ^ a b c Greenish Blue, Butterflies of Canada
  2. ^ Icaricia, funet.fi


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