Species: Polygonia gracilis zephyrus
Zephyr
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mandibulata
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Nymphalidae
Genus
Polygonia
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Invertebrates - Insects - Butterflies and Moths - Butterflies and Skippers
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Mandibulata - Insecta - Lepidoptera - Nymphalidae - Polygonia - Formerly regarded as a full species.
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
Butterfly, Nymphalidae.
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5T5
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 - British Columbia to S. California in the Cascade Mountains and Sierra Nevada. Extends east to Manitoba, and south to New Mexico in the Rocky Mountains. Replaced by subspecies GRACILIS in boreal eastern North American. Has strayed to Indiana.
Global Range Code
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)