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Echinargus isola (Reakirt’s Blue)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Reakirt's Blue (Hemiargus isola) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Central America and the extreme southern U.S., isola migrates regularly throughout most of the U.S. almost to the Canada–United States border, and very rarely into the southern Prairies. The wingspan is 16–23 mm. Adults are on wing from June to October in the north and all year round in south. The larva feed on Fabaceae, particularly mesquites (Prosopis spp.).
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Infraspecies

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  0.748 inches (.019 m)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Badlands National Park II 178535 South Dakota, United States

Prey / Diet

Trifolium pratense (Red Clover)[2]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0