Mission blue butterfly

"Mission Blue" redirects here. For the film about marine conservation, see Sylvia Earle.

Mission blue butterfly

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Icaricia
Species:
I. icarioides
Subspecies:
I. i. missionensis
Trinomial name
Icaricia icarioides missionensis
(Hovanitz, 1937)
Synonyms
  • Plebejus icarioides missionensis Hovanitz, 1937

The Mission blue (Icaricia icarioides missionensis)[1] is a blue or lycaenid butterfly subspecies native to the San Francisco Bay Area of the United States. The butterfly has been declared as endangered by the US federal government.[2] It is a subspecies of Boisduval's blue (Icaricia icarioides).

  1. ^ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Plebejus icarioides missionensis". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
  2. ^ Davison, Veronica. "Mission Blue Butterfly - Invertebrates, Endangered Species Accounts | Sacramento Fish & Wildlife Office". Sacramento Fish and Wildlife. Retrieved 2019-06-19.