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Species
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyLycaenidae
Resident in North America to small area of California and Baja (Scott 1986). Habitats are desert to canyons, mainly at rocky places and small cliffs. Host plants are restricted to one genus, Dudleya (Crassulaceae). Eggs are laid on the host plant singly. Individuals overwinter as pupae. There is one flight each year with the approximate flight time Feb1-Mar30 (Scott 1986).
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,351
- With media
- 1,104
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Collections
- DMNS, UMNH, GMNH, ASU, SDNHM
- Recorded in
- United States
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- taxon name
- Philotes sonorensis
- taxon rank
- species
- Commons category
- Philotes sonorensis
- taxon common name
- Sonoran Blue
- has host
- Dudleya cymosa
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