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Alpine Blue

Agriades orbitulus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 43, February 32, March 50, April 79, May 114, June 124, July 133, August 114, September 84, October 62, November 34, December 27.
United States896
Alaska895
Italy148
Nord-Est103
Switzerland70
Austria68
France51
China45
Nord-Ovest45
Graubünden43

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
GenusAgriades

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