Genus

Icaricia

Icaricia saepiolus. Photo: (c) Laura Gaudette, some rights reserved (CC BY)

Icaricia is an invalid genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae now considered mostly synonymous with the genus Plebejus. It was first described by the author and lepidopterist Vladimir Nabokov in 1945.

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Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths)
        Superfamily: Papilionoidea (Butterflies)
        Family: Lycaenidae (Gossamer-winged butterflies)
        Subfamily: Polyommatinae (Blues)
        Tribe: Polyommatini (Typical blues)
        Subtribe: Polyommatina
        Genus: Icaricia
        Species: Icaricia acmon (Acmon blue)
        Species: Icaricia icarioides (Boisduval’s blue)
        Species: Icaricia saepiolus (Greenish blue)
        Species: Icaricia lupini (Lupine blue)

Subtaxa

Species: Icaricia acmon (Acmon blue)

Species: Icaricia icarioides (Boisduval’s blue)

Species: Icaricia saepiolus (Greenish blue)

Species: Icaricia lupini (Lupine blue)

Genus

Icaricia

Subtaxa

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