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Shasta Blue

Icaricia shasta

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 42, February 36, March 38, April 47, May 46, June 33, July 277, August 58, September 37, October 38, November 49, December 38.
United States1,229
California461
Nevada437
Colorado110
Canada63
Alberta41
Idaho36
Oregon34
South Dakota32
Nebraska32

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
GenusIcaricia

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