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Shasta blue

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Scientific name
  
Aricia shasta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Aricia

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Aricia saepiolus, Lycaena rubidus, Aricia icarioides, Aricia lupini, Lycaena nivalis

Plebejus shasta, the Shasta blue, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found from the northwestern United States to southern Saskatchewan and Alberta.

The wingspan is 20–22 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August.

The larvae feed on Lupinus lyalli, Astragalus spatulatus, Astragalus calycosus, and Trifolium dasphyllum.

Subspecies

There are seven subspecies of Plebejus shasta.

  • P. s. charlestonensis Austin, 1980
  • P. s. calchas (Behr, 1867)
  • P. s. minnehaha (Scudder, 1874)
  • P. s. pallidissima (Austin in T. Emmel, 1998)
  • P. s. pitkinensis Ferris, 1976
  • P. s. platazul Scott, 2006
  • P. s. shasta (W. H. Edwards, 1862)

    • References

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