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Icaricia
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Icaricia

Icaricia is an invalid genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae now considered mostly synonymous with the genus Plebejus. It was first described by the author and lepidopterist Vladimir Nabokov in 1945.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Acmon Blue

speciesIcaricia acmon

Boisduval's Blue

speciesIcaricia icarioides

Greenish Blue

speciesIcaricia saepiolus

Lupine Blue

speciesIcaricia lupini

Shasta Blue

speciesIcaricia shasta

Veined Blue

speciesIcaricia neurona

Cotundra Blue

speciesIcaricia cotundra

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 520397.