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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters (Lycaenidae) » Blues (Polyommatinae) » Plebejus » Veined Blue - Hodges#4382 (Plebejus neurona)

Species Plebejus neurona - Veined Blue - Hodges#4382

Classification · Hodges Number · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Plebejus neurona Plebejus neurona Veined Blue - Plebejus neurona - female Veined Blue - Plebejus neurona - female Plebejus neurona Plebejus neurona Plebejus neurona P. neurona - Plebejus neurona
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)
Family Lycaenidae (Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters)
Subfamily Polyommatinae (Blues)
Genus Plebejus
Species neurona (Veined Blue - Hodges#4382)
Hodges Number
4382
Range
Endemic to Southern California, Transverse Ranges (Mt. Pinos area to the San Bernardino Mountains), and the Tehachapi Mountains.
Habitat
Rocky outcrops from ~4000 ft. - ~8000 ft. above sealevel (latter is reached at Sugarloaf Peak, San Bernardino Mountains, and Mt. Pinos, Kern County)
Season
May - September
Food
Larval foodplant: Eriogonum wrightii, vars. subscaposum and trachygonum
Life Cycle
1-2 broods
Remarks
Same coloration on top in both sexes.

This species is considered threatened throughout its range (G3 global ranking)
Print References
Emmel & Emmel (1)
Heath (2)
Internet References
Plebejus neurona at Butterflies of America.
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Works Cited
1.The Butterflies of Southern California
Thomas C. Emmel and John F. Emmel. 1973. Natural History Museum of Southern California.
2.An Introduction to Southern California Butterflies
Fred Heath. 2004.
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 22 July, 2007 - 1:17am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 3 July, 2017 - 2:38pm

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