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Silvery Blue

Glaucopsyche lygdamus

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 473, February 409, March 1,786, April 1,386, May 513, June 377, July 323, August 329, September 418, October 427, November 549, December 423.
United States26,564
Canada13,151
California5,129
Ontario5,072
New York4,523
British Columbia3,096
Alberta2,817
Nunavut2,435
Oregon1,080
Washington1,079

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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
GenusGlaucopsyche

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