Greenish blue
Icaricia saepiolus
The greenish blue is a small blue butterfly from North America. Its caterpillars grow up eating clover. You can see it flying in summer, from June to August.
Lives in
From the northwestern United States to southern Saskatchewan and Alberta in Canada
Wingspan
2.1 to 2.8 cm (0.83 to 1.1 in)
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Like other butterflies, the adult drinks nectar. Its caterpillars eat clover.
How big is it?
How wide are its wings?
🍚wings as wide as 5 grains of rice in a row⚽could fly across a whole football pitch in 38 seconds
How big is Greenish blue compared to YOU?
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How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
Greenish blue about 10 km/h (6.2 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Its wings measure only about 2 to 3 centimetres across.
2
Scientists have named seven different subspecies.
3
It belongs to the gossamer-winged butterflies, the same family as the coppers.
you asked
Most asked questions about Greenish blue
?What does the greenish blue eat?
The adults drink nectar and the caterpillars eat clover.
?When does the greenish blue fly?
From June to August.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Icaricia saepiolus
- Named by
- Boisduval, 1852
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Lycaenidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Icaricia saepiolus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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