Species: Plebejus acmon
Acmon Blue
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mandibulata
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Lycaenidae
Genus
Plebejus
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Invertebrates - Insects - Butterflies and Moths - Butterflies and Skippers
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Mandibulata - Insecta - Lepidoptera - Lycaenidae - Plebejus - in Pelham (2008).
Ecology and Life History
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
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1998-09-01
Global Status Last Changed
1998-09-01
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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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)