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Icaricia icarioides
Mission blue, male upperside.
Fender's blue, male underside.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Icaricia
Species:	I. icarioides
Binomial name
Icaricia icarioides (Boisduval, 1852)
Subspecies
See text
Synonyms
Lycaena icarioides Boisduval, 1852 Cupido icarioides (Boisduval, 1852) Plebejus icarioides (Boisduval, 1852) Aricia icarioides (Boisduval, 1852)

Icaricia icarioides, or Boisduval's blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae found in North America. This butterfly has 25 recognized subspecies.

Their range extends throughout the western US and Canada from southern Saskatchewan to British Columbia. Its habitats include dunes, mountains, meadows, streams, and sage-lands. It is also found in open areas or openings in woods near its larval host.

Larvae feed on species of lupines (Lupinus). Adults feed on nectar from flowers of Eriogonum species and other composites.

Wingspan: 21 to 32 mm.

Similar species

• Greenish blue (Icaricia saepiolus)
• Silvery blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus)

Subspecies

• Icaricia icarioides albihalos
• Icaricia icarioides argusmontana
• Icaricia icarioides atascadero
• Icaricia icarioides austinorum
• Icaricia icarioides blackmorei – Puget blue
• Icaricia icarioides buchholzi
• Icaricia icarioides eosierra
• Icaricia icarioides evius
• Icaricia icarioides fenderi – Fender's blue
• Icaricia icarioides fulla
• Icaricia icarioides helios
• Icaricia icarioides icarioides
• Icaricia icarioides inyo
• Icaricia icarioides lycea
• Icaricia icarioides missionensis – Mission blue
• Icaricia icarioides montis
• Icaricia icarioides moroensis
• Icaricia icarioides nigrafem
• Icaricia icarioides panamintina
• Icaricia icarioides parapheres
• Icaricia icarioides pardalis
• Icaricia icarioides pembina
• Icaricia icarioides pheres (extinct)†
• Icaricia icarioides sacre
• Icaricia icarioides santana

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Icaricia icarioides". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
2. "A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada by Jonathan P. Pelham". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
3. ^ Boisduval's Blue, Butterflies of Canada
4. ^ "Icaricia icarioides". explorer.natureserve.org.
5. "Plebejus icarioides albihalos thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
6. "Plebejus icarioides argusmontana thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
7. "Plebejus icarioides atascadero thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
8. "Plebejus icarioides austinorum thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
9. "Plebejus icarioides blackmorei thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
10. "Plebejus icarioides buchholzi thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
11. "Icaricia icarioides eosierra". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
12. "Plebejus icarioides evius thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
13. "Plebejus icarioides fenderi thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
14. "Plebejus icarioides fulla thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
15. "Plebejus icarioides helios thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
16. "Plebejus i icarioides thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
17. "Plebejus icarioides inyo thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
18. "Plebejus icarioides lycea thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
19. "Plebejus icarioides missionensis thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
20. "Plebejus icarioides montis thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
21. "Plebejus icarioides moroensis thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
22. "Plebejus icarioides panamintina thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
23. "Plebejus icarioides parapheres thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
24. "Plebejus icarioides pardalis thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
25. "Plebejus icarioides pembina thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
26. "Plebejus icarioides pheres thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
27. "Plebejus icarioides santana thumbnails". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 2019-06-19.

• Icaricia
• Butterflies of North America
• Fauna of the Western United States
• Butterflies described in 1852
• Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval