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The Mission blue (Icaricia icarioides missionensis) [1] is a blue or lycaenid butterfly subspecies native to the San Francisco Bay Area of the United States. The butterfly has been declared as endangered by the US federal government . [ 2 ]
The Mission blue is the only federally endangered animal at Twin Peaks; however, the Bay checkerspot butterfly is a federally threatened species. Aside from these, the park at Twin peaks is home to about 20 other species that are threatened or endangered at a local level.
The Mission Blue (Aricia icarioides missionensis) is a blue or lycaenid butterfly subspecies native to the San Francisco Bay Area of the United States. The butterfly has been declared as endangered by the US Federal Government. It is a subspecies of Boisduval's Blue (Aricia icarioides).
Recently, the International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN), a conservation organization, put the traveling species on its infamous Red List, a grim catalog of species the group concludes ...
Icaricia icarioides, [1] or Boisduval's blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae found in North America. This butterfly has 25 recognized subspecies. [2] Their range extends throughout the western US and Canada from southern Saskatchewan to British Columbia. [3] Its habitats include dunes, mountains, meadows, streams, and sage-lands.
The federally endangered mission blue butterfly requires either Lupinus albifrons, Lupinus formosus and Lupinus variicolor, on which their larvae feed. [6] The butterfly becomes toxic itself when it feeds on the plant, leaving it with a bitter taste to deter predators.
Federal wildlife officials on Tuesday proposed protecting the striking long-distance migrators under the Endangered Species Act after dramatic population drops. Monarch butterflies proposed for ...
The National Butterfly Center sits along a natural border, the meandering Rio Grande. "The Butterfly Center is a place where people come to unwind, to enjoy wild free-flying butterflies, to bird ...