| Mission blue butterfly | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Icaricia |
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| Subspecies: | I. i. missionensis
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| Trinomial name | |
| Icaricia icarioides missionensis (Hovanitz, 1937)
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The Mission blue (Icaricia icarioides missionensis)[1] is a blue or lycaenid butterfly subspecies native to the San Francisco Bay Area of the United States. The butterfly has been declared as endangered by the US federal government.[2] It is a subspecies of Boisduval's blue (Icaricia icarioides).
- ^ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Plebejus icarioides missionensis". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ Davison, Veronica. "Mission Blue Butterfly - Invertebrates, Endangered Species Accounts | Sacramento Fish & Wildlife Office". Sacramento Fish and Wildlife. Retrieved 2019-06-19.