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Asher's Blue

Celastrina asheri

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 46, February 42, March 66, April 245, May 555, June 103, July 82, August 73, September 64, October 51, November 41, December 42.
Canada1,561
British Columbia888
Alberta755
United States504
Washington196
Idaho166
Oregon51

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyGossamer-winged Butterflies · Lycaenidae
GenusHolarctic Azures · Celastrina

Sources

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