Aricia shasta

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Shasta Blue
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Aricia
Species: A. shasta
Binomial name
Aricia shasta
(W.H. Edwards, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Plebejus shasta
  • Lycaena zelmira C. & R. Felder, [1865]
  • Icaricia calcas McDunnough, 1938
  • Rusticus shasta Dyar, 1903
  • Icaricia shasta
  • Lycaeides shasta

The Shasta Blue (Aricia shasta) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found from northwestern United States to southern Saskatchewan and Alberta.[1]

The wingspan is 20–22 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August.[1]

The larvae feed on Lupinus lyalli, Astragalus spatulatus, Astragalus calycosus, and Trifolium dasphyllum.[2]

Subspecies

  • A. s. shasta W.H. Edwards, 1862
  • A. s. minnehaha Scudder, 1875
  • A. s. pitkinensis Ferris, 1976

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shasta Blue, Butterflies of Canada
  2. ↑ Aricia, funet,fi

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