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Mission Blue Butterfly

Icaricia icarioides missionensis (Hovanitz 1937)

Body symmetry

Namigai et al 2014
bilaterally symmetric
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324

Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves

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cellularity

Cellularity and growth form
multicellular
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993

Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]

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conservation status

USFWS
endangered
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/federalEndangered

Definition: The organism has federal Endangered status in the United States of America.

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developmental mode

Insect Development
holometabolous
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/holometabolous

Definition: Development of insects with complete metamorphosis which involves a pupal stage.

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eat

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Global Biotic Interactions

Eschscholzia californica Cham. (California poppy)
Global Biotic Interactions

Lupinus bicolor Lindl. (miniature lupine)
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Lupinus variicolor Steud. (Lindley's Varied Lupine)
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Achillea millefolium L. (yarrow, milfoil)
Global Biotic Interactions

Achillea millefolium L. (yarrow, milfoil)

feeding structure

Arthropod Trophic Ecology Data
biting-chewing mouthparts
URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/bitingChewing

Definition: Mouthparts adapted to cutting and grinding food particles using opposable mandibles with a mola (grinding surface).

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(larval stage)
Arthropod Trophic Ecology Data
sucking mouthparts
URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/sucking

Definition: Mouthparts adapted for the take-up of liquids via suction through a tubular proboscis.

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(adult)

number of records in gbif

GBIF data coverage

211

visit flowers of

Global Biotic Interactions

Lupinus bicolor Lindl. (miniature lupine)
Global Biotic Interactions

Lupinus bicolor Lindl. (miniature lupine)
Global Biotic Interactions

Achillea millefolium L. (yarrow, milfoil)
Global Biotic Interactions

Eschscholzia californica Cham. (California poppy)

visual system

Warrant et al 2003
apposition eyes
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IDOMAL_0002229

Definition: A compound eye with no separation between the crystalline-cone layer and the retinula, each rhabdom receiving light only from its own corneal lens.

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