Boisduvals Blue

Aricia icarioides

Boisduval's Blue is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family found in North America.

''A. icarioides'' has been classified in at least four different genera since it was named by Boisduval in 1852. It started out in ''Lycaena'', was transferred to ''Icaricia'' by Nabokov , moved to ''Aricia'' by Bálint and Johnson , merged with some other genera in the supergenus ''Plebejus'' by Gorbunov , which was accepted by Opler & Warren , however, Lamas among others use ''Aricia''. Synonymy, subgenera, and subspecies vary considerably depending on the author.

Their range extends throughout the western US and Canada from southern Saskatchewan to British Columbia.

Larvae feed on species of lupines .

Wingspan: 21 to 32 mm.
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Naming

*Greenish Blue
⤷ Silvery Blue *''Aricia icarioides icarioides''
⤷ ''Aricia icarioides fenderi'' – Fender's Blue
⤷ ''Aricia icarioides missionensis'' – Mission Blue
⤷ ''Aricia icarioides moroensis''
⤷ ''Aricia icarioides pardalis''
⤷ ''Aricia icarioides pheres''
⤷ ''Aricia icarioides ardea''
⤷ ''Aricia icarioides lycea''
⤷ ''Aricia icarioides buchholzi''
⤷ ''Aricia icarioides pembina''
⤷ ''Aricia icarioides blackmorei''
⤷ ''Aricia icarioides montis''
⤷ ''Aricia icarioides atascadero''
⤷ ''Aricia icarioides santana''
⤷ ''Aricia icarioides eosierra''
⤷ ''Aricia icarioides argusmontana''
⤷ ''Aricia icarioides panamintina''

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyLycaenidae
GenusAricia
SpeciesA. icarioides
Photographed in
United States of America