''Icaricia saepiolus'', the greenish blue, is a butterfly of the family

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. It is found from the northwestern United States to southern

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and

Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to the west, Saskatchewan to the east, the Northwest Ter ...

. The

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is 21–28 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August.Greenish Blue
Butterflies of Canada The larvae feed on ''

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Trifolium longipes ''Trifolium longipes'' is a species of clover known by the common name longstalk clover. It is native to the western United States, where it occurs in many types of habitats such as meadows, valleys, lower mountains, and subalpine slopes. There a ...

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Subspecies

*''I. s. hilda'' (J. & R. Grinnel, 1907) *''I. s. insulanus'' (Blackmore, 1919) *''I. s. amica'' Edwards, 1863 *''I. s. gertschi'' (dos Passos, 1938) *''I. s. whitmeri'' (Brown, 1951) *''I. s. aureolus'' Emmel & Mattoon, 1998

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Greenish Blue
Butterflies and Moths of North America Icaricia Butterflies of North America Butterflies described in 1852 Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval {{Polyommatini-stub