Biology:Brephidium pseudofea

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Brephidium pseudofea
Eastern Pygmy Blue - Brephidium pseudofea, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida - 6043005322.jpg

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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Brephidium
Species:
B. pseudofea
Binomial name
Brephidium pseudofea
(Morrison, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Brephidium isophthalma Herrich-Schäffer, 1862
Adult

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

Wikidata ☰ Q15777345 entry