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Scientific Name
Plebejus lupini
Scientific Name w/ Auth.
Plebejus lupini (Boisduval, 1869)
Park
Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve (CRMO)
Sensitive
No
Park Accepted
Accepted
Record Status
Approved
Park Preferred Common Names
Lupine Blue
Park Synonyms
Taxonomic Hierarchy
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Subkingdom | Bilateria |
| Infrakingdom | Protostomia |
| Superphylum | Ecdysozoa |
| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum | Hexapoda |
| Class | Insecta |
| Subclass | Pterygota |
| Infraclass | Neoptera |
| Superorder | Holometabola |
| Order | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily | Papilionoidea |
| Family | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily | Polyommatinae |
| Tribe | Polyommatini |
| Genus | Plebejus |
| Subgenus | Plebejus (Icaricia) |
| Species | Plebejus lupini |
Occurrence
Present
Nativeness
Native
Abundance
Unknown
Abundance Notes
Habitat: Alpine slopes, mountain meadows and slopes, prairies, rocky outcrops, chaparral, and sagebrush. Caterpillar Hosts: Several species of perennial wild buckwheat (BAMONA 2017). Collected from cinder flats at CRMO (Kohler and Romeyn 2017).
Threatened Endangered Status
State Species of Concern statuses
Ozone Sensitive Status
NatureServe GRank
NatureServe SRank
Observations
2
References
0
Vouchers
0
External Links
0
Evidence counts shown include evidence for related synonyms.
Created By
tstefanic@nps.gov
Created Date
4/28/2017 8:16:45 PM
Last Modified By
tstefanic@nps.gov
Last Modified Date
11/22/2017 10:22:29 AM
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