Biology:Brephidium pseudofea
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Short description: Species of butterfly
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Brephidium |
| Species: | B. pseudofea
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| Brephidium pseudofea (Morrison, 1873)
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Brephidium pseudofea, the eastern pygmy-blue, is a species of blue in the butterfly family Lycaenidae. It is found in the southern United States, typically in coastal saltmarshes.[2][3][4][5]
Subspecies
These two subspecies belong to the species Brephidium pseudofea:[6]
- Brephidium pseudofea insularis Pavulaan & Gatrelle, 1999
- Brephidium pseudofea pseudofea (Morrison, 1873)
Biology
In Georgia, the eastern pygmy-blue is the smallest butterfly, where it lives along coastal portions of southeastern Georgia. It is a blue butterfly with a row of four silvery black spots along the ventral hindwing margin. Adults have a low, weak flight pattern and flutter just above the surface of host plants. Adults appear from May to August.[7]:92-93
References
- ↑ "Brephidium pseudofea, Eastern Pygmy Blue". https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.117916/Brephidium_pseudofea. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ↑ "Brephidium pseudofea Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=777887. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Brephidium pseudofea". https://www.gbif.org/species/1932170. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Brephidium pseudofea species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/6026. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Brephidium pseudofea". http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=4354. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/302570819.
- ↑ , Wikidata Q99519535
Wikidata ☰ Q15777345 entry
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