Cupido amyntula

Western Tailed-Blue

Flickr photo 'Western Tailed-Blue Butterfly and Northern Sweetvech' by: Tony Frates.

Flickr photos above were identified by the individual photographers but not reviewed by EoPS. Contact us to report errors.

Species group: Invertebrates

Data Sources

Classification

Kingdom:

Animalia

Phylum:

Mandibulata

Class:

Insecta

Order:

Lepidoptera

Family:

Lycaenidae

Genus:

Cupido

Encyclopedia of Life

For more info, visit:

Source:
http://eol.org/pages/10691316/details

Distribution
Habitat
Migration
Population Biology
Molecular Biology
Conservation Status
Threats
Management

Distribution

occurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

Source:

NatureServe

License:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

Rights Holder:

NatureServe

National Distribution

Canada

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

United States

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

Type of Residency: Year-round

Source:

NatureServe

License:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

Rights Holder:

NatureServe

Global Range: (>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)) Alaska and Yukon south to southern California and New Mexico. Also occurs around the Great Lakes.

Source:

NatureServe

License:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

Rights Holder:

NatureServe

Habitat

Comments: Moist meadows and canyons; forest margins, roadsides. Larval hosts include genera Astragalus, Lathyrus, Vicia. Generally with native legumes in openings in forested regions.

Source:

NatureServe

License:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

Rights Holder:

NatureServe

Migration

Non-Migrant: No. All populations of this species make significant seasonal migrations.

Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).

Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.

Source:

NatureServe

License:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

Rights Holder:

NatureServe

Population Biology

Number of Occurrences

Note: For many non-migratory species, occurrences are roughly equivalent to populations.

Estimated Number of Occurrences: 81 to >300

Source:

NatureServe

License:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

Rights Holder:

NatureServe

Global Abundance

10,000 to >1,000,000 individuals

Source:

NatureServe

License:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

Rights Holder:

NatureServe

Molecular Biology

Barcode data: Cupido amyntula

The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.

There is 1 barcode sequence available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is the sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen. Other sequences that do not yet meet barcode criteria may also be available.

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNTTTTGGAATTTGAGCAGGAATATTAGGAACATCTCTAAGAATCCTAATTCGAATAGAATTAGGAACTCCTGGATCATTAATTGGAGATGATCAAATTTATAATACTATTGTCACAGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTCATAGTAATACCAATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGAAATTGATTAGTACCATTAATATTAGGTGCTCCAGATATAGCATTTCCTCGAATAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTACCCCCATCATTAATATTATTAATTTCAAGAAGAATTGTAGAAAATGGAGCAGGAACAGGATGAACAGTGTACCCCCCACTTTCATCAAATATTGCCCATGGAGGATCATCTGTAGATTTAGCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCAGGAATCTCTTCAATTTTAGGAGCAATTAATTTTATTACAACTATTATTAATATACGAGTTAATAATTTATCATTTGATCAAATATCTTTATTTATTTGAGCTGTAGGAATTACAGCATTATTATTATTATTATCATTGCCTGTTTTAGCTGGAGCTATTACAATATTATTAACTGATCGAAATTTAAATACCTCATTTTTTGACCCTGCTGGAGGANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
-- end --

Download FASTA File

Source:

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

License:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Rights Holder:

Barcode of Life Data Systems

Statistics of barcoding coverage: Cupido amyntula

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 1
Specimens with Barcodes: 98
Species With Barcodes: 1

Source:

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

License:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Rights Holder:

Barcode of Life Data Systems

Conservation Status

National NatureServe Conservation Status

Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: N5 - Secure

Source:

NatureServe

License:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

Rights Holder:

NatureServe

NatureServe Conservation Status

Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure

Source:

NatureServe

License:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

Rights Holder:

NatureServe

Threats

Degree of Threat: D : Unthreatened throughout its range, communities may be threatened in minor portions of the range or degree of variation falls within natural variation

Source:

NatureServe

License:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

Rights Holder:

NatureServe

Management

Global Protection: Many to very many (13 to >40) occurrences appropriately protected and managed

Source:

NatureServe

License:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

Rights Holder:

NatureServe

NatureServe Explorer

Source:
ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.121138

Classification

Other Global Common Names:

bleu porte-queue de l'Ouest

Synonyms:

Cupido (Everes) amyntula - (Boisduval, 1852) - Everes amyntula - (Boisduval, 1852)

Taxonomy:

Informal Taxonomy:

Animals, Invertebrates - Insects - Butterflies and Moths - Butterflies and Skippers

Formal Taxonomy:

Animalia - Mandibulata - Insecta - Lepidoptera - Lycaenidae - Cupido

Ecology and Life History

Short General Description:

Butterfly, Lycaenidae.

Description:

Habitat Type Description:

Migration:

false - false - false

Non-migrant:

false

Locally Migrant:

false

Food Comments:

Phenologies:

Reproduction Comments:

Ecology Comments:

Length:

Unit of Length:

Weight:

Unit of Weight:

Conservation Status

NatureServe Conservation Status:

NatureServe Global Status Rank:

Global Status Last Reviewed:

2009-08-18

Global Status Last Changed:

1998-09-01

Other Status:

Distribution

Conservation Status Map:

Global Range:

H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - Alaska and Yukon south to southern California and New Mexico. Also occurs around the Great Lakes.

Global Range Code:

Global Range Description:

>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)

Search for Species

Utilizing double quotes for exact terms can narrow your search results. Ex. A common name search of Northwestern Sedge matches 'Northwestern Sedge' and 'Northwestern Showy Sedge'. Typing "Northwestern Sedge" return only 'Northwestern Sedge'.

Abarenicola claparedi - (Rough-skinned lugworm)
Abarenicola pacifica - (Pacific lugworm)
Abarenicola sp.
Abies amabilis - (Pacific Silver Fir)
Abies concolor - (White Fir)
Abies grandis - (Grand Fir)
Abies lasiocarpa - (Subalpine Fir)
Abies lasiocarpa var. lasiocarpa - (Subalpine Fir)
Abies procera - (Noble Fir)
Abietinaria sp

Cupido amyntula

Western Tailed-Blue

Data Sources

Table of Contents

Distribution

National Distribution

Canada

United States

Habitat

Migration

Population Biology

Number of Occurrences

Global Abundance

Molecular Biology

Barcode data: Cupido amyntula

Statistics of barcoding coverage: Cupido amyntula

Conservation Status

National NatureServe Conservation Status

Canada

United States

NatureServe Conservation Status

Threats

Management

NatureServe Explorer

Search for Species

Main menu

Species Lists

Resource attribution

External links

Cupido amyntula

Western Tailed-Blue

Data Sources

Table of Contents

National Distribution

Canada

United States

Number of Occurrences

Global Abundance

Barcode data: Cupido amyntula

Statistics of barcoding coverage: Cupido amyntula

National NatureServe Conservation Status

Canada

United States

NatureServe Conservation Status

NatureServe Explorer

Search for Species

Main menu

Search form

Species Lists

Resource attribution

External links

SPONSORED BY