Icaricia icarioides

Icaricia icarioides,[1] or Boisduval's blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae found in North America. This butterfly has 25 recognized subspecies.[2]

Icaricia icarioides
Mission blue, male upperside.
Fender's blue, male underside.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Icaricia
Species:	I. icarioides
Binomial name
Icaricia icarioides (Boisduval, 1852)
Subspecies
See text
Synonyms
Lycaena icarioides Boisduval, 1852 Cupido icarioides (Boisduval, 1852) Plebejus icarioides (Boisduval, 1852) Aricia icarioides (Boisduval, 1852)

This species has been classified in at least four different genera since it was named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1852. It started out in Lycaena, was transferred to Icaricia by Nabokov (Hodges et al., 1983), moved to Aricia by Bálint and Johnson (1997), merged with some other genera in the supergenus Plebejus by Gorbunov (2001), which was accepted by Opler & Warren (2003) and Pelham's Catalogue (as of 2012);[2] however, Lamas (2004) among others use Aricia. More recently, it was moved back to the genus Icaricia, which was reinstated as a result of molecular studies (Vila et al., 2011; Talavera et al., 2013). Synonymy, subgenera, and subspecies vary considerably depending on the author.

Their range extends throughout the western US and Canada from southern Saskatchewan to British Columbia.[3]

Larvae feed on species of lupines (Lupinus).[3]

Wingspan: 21 to 32 mm.[3]

Similar species

• Greenish blue (Icaricia saepiolus)
• Silvery blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus)

Subspecies

• Icaricia icarioides evius[4]
• Icaricia icarioides santana[5]
• Icaricia icarioides moroensis[6]
• Icaricia icarioides atascadero[7]
• Icaricia icarioides pardalis[8]
• Icaricia icarioides missionensis – Mission blue[9]
• Icaricia icarioides pheres (extinct)[10]
• Icaricia icarioides parapheres[11]
• Icaricia icarioides fenderi – Fender's blue[12]
• Icaricia icarioides blackmorei - Puget blue[13]
• Icaricia icarioides montis[14]
• Icaricia icarioides helios[15]
• Icaricia icarioides icarioides[16]
• Icaricia icarioides eosierra[17]
• Icaricia icarioides albihalos[18]
• Icaricia icarioides inyo[19]
• Icaricia icarioides argusmontana[20]
• Icaricia icarioides panamintina[21]
• Icaricia icarioides austinorum[22]
• Icaricia icarioides fulla[23]
• Icaricia icarioides pembina[24]
• Icaricia icarioides lycea[25]
• Icaricia icarioides sacre
• Icaricia icarioides nigrafem
• Icaricia icarioides buchholzi[26]

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Icaricia icarioides". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
2. "A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada by Jonathan P. Pelham". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
3. Boisduval's Blue, Butterflies of Canada
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5. "Plebejus icarioides santana thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
6. "Plebejus icarioides moroensis thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
7. "Plebejus icarioides atascadero thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
8. "Plebejus icarioides pardalis thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
9. "Plebejus icarioides missionensis thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
10. "Plebejus icarioides pheres thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
11. "Plebejus icarioides parapheres thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
12. "Plebejus icarioides fenderi thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
13. "Plebejus icarioides blackmorei thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
14. "Plebejus icarioides montis thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
15. "Plebejus icarioides helios thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
16. "Plebejus i icarioides thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
17. "BoA 404 Not Found". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
18. "Plebejus icarioides albihalos thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
19. "Plebejus icarioides inyo thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
20. "Plebejus icarioides argusmontana thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
21. "Plebejus icarioides panamintina thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
22. "Plebejus icarioides austinorum thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
23. "Plebejus icarioides fulla thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
24. "Plebejus icarioides pembina thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
25. "Plebejus icarioides lycea thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
26. "Plebejus icarioides buchholzi thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.