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The California dogface butterfly has been the state insect of the U.S. state of California since 1972. Its endemic range is limited to the state. California was the first state to choose a state insect—and thus, to choose a butterfly—though most of the other states have now followed, and many even have both a state insect and state ...
Monarch butterfly (state insect) Danaus plexippus: 1989: Queen honey bee (state agricultural insect) Apis mellifera: 2005 [[ ]] (state butterfly and mascot) Papilio glaucus: 1989: Alaska: Four-spotted skimmer dragonfly: Libellula quadrimaculata: 1995: Arizona: Two-tailed swallowtail (state butterfly) Papilio multicaudata: 2001: Arkansas ...
California Historical Society: 1979 Insect: California dogface butterfly Colias eurydice: 1972 Lichen Lace lichen Ramalina menziesii: 2015 Marine fish: Garibaldi Hypsypops rubicundus: 2002 Marine mammal: Gray whale Eschrichtius robustus: 1975 Marine reptile: Leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea: 2012 Military museum: California State ...
In 1929, the society decided that California should name a state insect. They prepared ballots listing three butterfly candidates and sent them to entomologists throughout the state. The nominees were the Lorquin's admiral ( Limenitis lorquini ), the California sister ( Heterochroa californica ), and the California dog head or Flying pansy ...
Speyeria zerene hippolyta is in a clade of three closely related subspecies. In suitable habitat along the U.S. Pacific coast, it is the northernmost one found. Further south, Myrtle's silverspot ( Speyeria zerene myrtleae) had a range along the coast from San Mateo County to Sonoma County, California, and Behren's silverspot ( Speyeria zerene ...
The Bay checkerspot ( Euphydryas editha bayensis) is a butterfly endemic to the San Francisco Bay region of the U.S. state of California. It is a federally threatened species, as a subspecies of Euphydryas editha . Since the 1980s the population of checkerspots, the Euphydryas species and subspecies, has been in serious decline.
The monarch butterfly population in the West has fallen by 90% since the 1980s. Idaho’s state insect returns home soon, but it’s in trouble. Here’s why you should care
The Palos Verdes blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis) is a small endangered butterfly native to the Palos Verdes Peninsula in southwest Los Angeles County, California, United States. As its distribution has been proven to be limited to one single site, it has one of the best claims to being the world's rarest butterfly.