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Glaucopsyche piasus (Arrowhead Blue)

Synonyms: Lycaena piasus (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Infraspecies

Glaucopsyche piasus excubita
Glaucopsyche piasus gabrielina
Glaucopsyche piasus nevada
Glaucopsyche piasus piasus
Glaucopsyche piasus toxeuma
Glaucopsyche piasus umbrosa

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.102 inches (.028 m)

External References

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Citations

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♦ 1Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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