Species: Plebejus melissa
Melissa Blue
Species
Encyclopedia of Puget Sound
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mandibulata
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Lycaenidae
Genus
Plebejus
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
bleu à collier
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Invertebrates - Insects - Butterflies and Moths - Butterflies and Skippers
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Mandibulata - Insecta - Lepidoptera - Lycaenidae - Plebejus - Like many western U.S. blues this one could be a complex of several species.
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
2006-05-15
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 - Central Canada south to Mexico in Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains east to Manitoba and western Great Plains with subspecies SAMUELIS very spottily east through Great Lakes region to New York and New Hampshire.
Global Range Code
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)