BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Agriades glandon rustica
Arctic Blue, rustica subspecies
| Scientific Name: | Agriades glandon rustica (Edwards, 1865) | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name Synonyms: |
Agriades glandon lacustris
Plebejus glandon lacustris |
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| English Name: | Arctic Blue, rustica subspecies | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | Pelham, J. P. 2008. A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. Volume 40. 658 pp. Revised 14 February, 2012. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Subspecies | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy Comments: | Agriades glandon lacustris (Guppy and Shepard 2001) is now considered A. g. rustica (Pohl 2018). | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Invertebrate Animal | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | LE-PLEGLA-LA | ||||||||||
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| Conservation Status / Legal Designation | |||||||||||
| Global Status: | G5T5 (Feb 2016) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S2S3 (Feb 2023) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Blue | ||||||||||
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| Migration Characteristics: (Global / Provincial) | |||||||||||
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Nonmigrant: Local Migrant: Distant Migrant: Within Borders Migrant: |
N / N N / N N / N na / N |
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| Habitats: (Type / Subtype / Dependence) |
Alpine/Tundra / Tundra / Facultative - occasional use
Anthropogenic / Industrial / Facultative - occasional use Anthropogenic / Urban/Suburban / Facultative - occasional use Grassland/Shrub / Grassland / Facultative - frequent use Rock/Sparsely Vegetated Rock / Rock/Sparsely Vegetated Rock / Facultative - occasional use |
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| Provincial Habitat Comments: | P.g.rustica is known to inhabit subalpine and alpine above the treeline, tundra, mountainous areas, open grassland and dry sandy areas, small rocky outcrops and within Jack pine sandhills in the Peace River area (Layberry et al. 1998). | ||||||||||
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| Provincial Phenology: (1st half of month/ 2nd half of month) |
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| Colonial Breeder: | N | ||||||||||
| Length(cm)/width(cm)/Weight(g): | / / | ||||||||||
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| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
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| Last Updated: | May 15, 2001 | ||||||||||
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| References and Related Literature | |||||||||||
Guppy, C.S., and J.H. Shepard. 2001. Butterflies of British Columbia. UBC Press in collaboration with Royal B.C. Mus. 414pp. |
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Layberry, R. A., P. W. Hall, and J. D. LaFontaine. 1998. The butterflies of Canada. University of Toronto Press. 280pp. + color plates. |
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Opler, P.A., H. Pavulaan, and R.E. Stanford. 1995. Butterflies of North America. Jamestown, ND: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Home Page: Version Dec. 12, 2003. Online. Available: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/bflyusa.htm |
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Please visit the website Conservation Status Ranks for definitions of the data fields used in this summary report.
Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. 2001. Species Summary: Agriades glandon rustica. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 4, 2026).