Icaricia icarioides nigrafem (Raton Mesa Boisduval's Blue)

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Lepidoptera

Family: Lycaenidae

Genus: Icaricia

Species: icarioides nigrafem

Raton Mesa Boisduval's Blue - Icaricia icarioides nigrafem

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

Global Rank: G5

State Rank: S1

Rank Metadata
State Rank: S1	Rank Changed: 01/29/2025
Rank Reviewed: N/A
Reason: The Raton Mesa Boisduval’s Blue (<em>Icaricia icarioides nigrafem</em>) is an endemic to the Raton Mesa Complex in Colfax and Union counties in New Mexico as well as in adjacent Colorado. More research is needed on this butterfly however, many threats are already facing this taxon including climate change, ecological succession, and inbreeding depression. Persisting in a metapopulation dynamic many of the remaining colonies are likely quite small and vulnerable to environmental stochasticity. As a narrow high elevation endemic this butterfly also has a very small Area of Occupancy (AOO) and Extent of Occurrence (EOO). Additionally, due to climate change, and ecological succession there is an inferred continuing decline in the extent and quality of habitat for this butterfly. As a result, this butterfly is currently assessed as S1 in New Mexico. However, more research is needed on this butterfly and as such a reassessment should be done if more information becomes available.

Ecological Factors
Specificity: Unknown	Range Extent: <100 square km (less than about 40 square miles)
Occurences: 1 - 5	Population Size: Unknown
Area of Occupancy: Using all known occurrence records gathered from Toliver et al. 2001, GBIF.org, and Butterflies of New Mexico a Extent of Occurrence of 31km2 was calculated for this butterfly.	Threat Summary: N/A

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SWAP Status: SGCN

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Number of Subpopulations: 0

Number of Mapped Locations: 0

Number of Observations: 0

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