Species: Plebejus acmon

Acmon Blue
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Mandibulata
    Class

    Insecta

    Order

    Lepidoptera

    Family

    Lycaenidae

    Genus

    Plebejus

    Classification
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Invertebrates - Insects - Butterflies and Moths - Butterflies and Skippers
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Mandibulata - Insecta - Lepidoptera - Lycaenidae - Plebejus - in Pelham (2008).
    Short General Description
    A small (2.6 cm wingspan) blue and gray butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
    Migration
    false - false - false
    Non-migrant
    false
    Locally Migrant
    false
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    1998-09-01
    Global Status Last Changed
    1998-09-01
    Conservation Status Map
    <img src="http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/GetMapGif?US.AZ=SNR&US.CA=S4&US.CO=S5&US.OR=SNR&US.UT=SNR&US.WA=S5" alt="Conservation Status Map" style="width: 475px; height: auto;" />
    Global Range
    H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - West Coast to the western edges of the Great Plains, with isolated colonies further east. Extends north to southern Canada and south to northern Baja California and Mexico.
    Global Range Code
    H
    Global Range Description
    >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)
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