Species: Glaucopsyche lygdamus
Silvery Blue
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mandibulata
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Lycaenidae
Genus
Glaucopsyche
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
bleu argenté
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Invertebrates - Insects - Butterflies and Moths - Butterflies and Skippers
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Mandibulata - Insecta - Lepidoptera - Lycaenidae - Glaucopsyche - is common and expanding its range.
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
Butterfly, Lycaenidae.
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2000-10-06
Global Status Last Changed
2000-10-06
Other Status
PS - of California is listed Endangered by the USFWS.
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - E. Alaska, Nova Scotia south to Baja California (Mexico), central Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Alabama and Georgia.
Global Range Code
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)