Palos Verdes blue | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Glaucopsyche |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | G. l. palosverdesensis
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Trinomial name | |
Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis E. Perkins and J. Emmel, 1977
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The Palos Verdes blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis) is a small endangered butterfly native to the Palos Verdes Peninsula in southwest Los Angeles County, California, United States. As its distribution has been proven to be limited to one single site, it has one of the best claims to being the world's rarest butterfly.