Agriades podarce
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Agriades podarce | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Agriades |
Species: | A. podarce
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Binomial name | |
Agriades podarce | |
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Agriades podarce, the arrowhead Arctic blue, gray blue or Sierra Nevada blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in North America from southern Oregon to central California in the Klamath Range and the Sierra Nevada. The habitat consists of subalpine meadows.
The wingspan is 22โ26 mm. The upperside of the males is gray blue, while females are red brown. The underside of the forewings has black arrowhead-shaped spots that point inward. The hindwings have a discal spot which is not black.[2] Adults are on wing from June to September in one generation per year. They feed on flower nectar, including yellow composites and bistort.
The larvae feed on Dodecatheon jeffreyi.[3] Caterpillars or chrysalids hibernate.
Subspecies
- Agriades podarce podarce
- Agriades podarce cilla (Behr, 1867) (California)
- Agriades podarce klamathensis J. Emmel & T. Emmel, 1998 (Oregon, California)
References
- ^ Agriades at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
- ^ Butterflies and Moths of North America
- ^ Butterflies of America
External links
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- Media related to Agriades podarce at Wikimedia Commons
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