Mission blue butterfly
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The Mission blue 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. It is
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Icaricia icarioides missionensis 1
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Icaricia icarioides
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Icaricia icarioides, or Boisduval's blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae found in North America. This butterfly has 25 recognized subspecies.
Mission blue butterfly
…to the San Francisco Bay Area of the United States. The butterfly has been declared as endangered by the US federal government. It is a subspecies of Boisduval's blue (Icaricia icarioides). In the male Mission blue, the dorsal surface of the wings gradate from ice blue in the center to deep sky blue towards the outside…
Icaricia icarioides missionensis 3
Icaricia icarioides fenderi