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The El Segundo blue (Euphilotes allyni) is an endangered species of butterfly. It is endemic to a small dune ecosystem in Southern California that used to be a community called Palisades del Rey , close to the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
The coastal scrubland and grassland the Mission blue requires is found only in and around the Golden Gate of San Francisco. [6] The butterfly depends solely on three species of perennial lupine for its reproduction, the varied lupine, silver lupine, and the summer lupine. The Mission blue requires the lupine to lay their eggs and nourish the ...
The Palos Verdes blue butterfly has a wingspan of only 25–30 mm (0.98–1.18 in). The male has a bright silvery-blue dorsal wing outlined in a narrow line of black, while the female's dorsal wing is a more brownish-gray colour. Both males and females have gray ventral wings with dark spots surrounded by white rings. [5]
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.
Monarch butterflies are known for their legendary migration routes, which they travel twice a year, in the fall and spring. Butterfly population 'plummeting toward extinction' in California Skip ...
Philotes is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Philotes is a monotypic genus containing only Philotes sonorensis, the Sonoran blue or stonecrop blue, found in North America in California and Baja California. [2] The habitat consists of rocky washes, outcrops and cliffs in deserts. [3] The wingspan is 22–25 mm. [2]
The black-and-orange butterflies are spending the winter soaking up some California sunshine. Monarch butterflies are fluttering along California coast. Here’s where you can see them
It is found in western North America from California south to Baja California Norte and then west to southern Colorado and New Mexico. [2] This species may also occur in Oregon and Washington, but more study is needed to verify this. [3] [4] The wingspan is 16–17 mm. Adults are on wing from mid April to August in one generation per year.