Biology:Plebulina emigdionis

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Plebulina emigdionis

Critically Imperiled (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
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Genus:
Plebulina

Nabokov, 1945
Species:
P. emigdionis
Binomial name
Plebulina emigdionis
(Grinnell, 1905)
Synonyms
  • Lycaena emigdionis Grinnell, 1905
  • Plebejus emigdionis (Grinnell, 1905)

Plebulina emigdionis (formerly known as Plebejus emigdionis), the San Emigdio blue, is a species of blue in the family of butterflies known as Lycaenidae.[2][3] It is the sole representative of the monotypic genus Plebulina.[4] It is endemic to Southern California.[2]

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External links

Wikidata ☰ Q13484633 entry