Arrowhead Blue | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Glaucopsyche |
Subgenus: | Glaucopsyche |
Species: | G. piasus |
Binomial name | |
Glaucopsyche piasus Boisduval, 1852 |
The Arrowhead Blue (Glaucopsyche piasus) is a western North American butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is a locally common butterfly that favors prairie, open woodland, and woodland edges and trails.