Agriades podarce
species of insect
Agriades podarce, the arrowhead Arctic blue, gray blue or Sierra Nevada blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in North America from southern Oregon to central California in the Klamath Range and the Sierra Nevada. The habitat consists of subalpine meadows.
The wingspan is 22–26 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September in one generation per year. They feed on flower nectar, including yellow composites and bistort.
The larvae feed on Dodecatheon jeffreyi. Caterpillars or chrysalids hibernate.
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