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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 » Arctic Blue - Hodges#4384 (Plebejus glandon) » Rocky Mountain Arctic Blue (Plebejus glandon rusticus)

Subspecies Plebejus glandon rusticus - Rocky Mountain Arctic Blue

Classification · Other Common Names · Range
Arctic Blue - Plebejus glandon Arctic Blue - Plebejus glandon - male Arctic Blue - Plebejus glandon Which Blue? - Plebejus glandon - male Blue ID - Plebejus glandon - male Blues - Plebejus glandon - male - female Butterflies Gossamer-wing (Lycaenidae) Subfamily Blues (Polyommatinae)-Greenish Blue (Plebejus saepiolus)CO Creede - Plebejus glandon - female Butterfly - Plebejus glandon
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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 glandon (Arctic Blue - Hodges#4384)
Subspecies rusticus (Rocky Mountain Arctic Blue)
Other Common Names
Rustic Blue
Rustica Blue
Range
South from Idaho, Montana and Canadian Prairies northern Great Plains, Rocky Mountains, Colorado Plateaus, and Black Hills as far as southern Utah and northern New Mexico.
Contributed by Tom Bentley on 4 December, 2009 - 7:26pm
Additional contributions by Nick Block, David Ferguson
Last updated 7 December, 2015 - 6:13pm

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