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A small light blue butterfly sits on an orange California poppy.

Photo By/Credit

Samantha Lantz/USFWS

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

One of the Mission blue butterflies that Sam Lantz translocated.

Facility

Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office

Species

Icaricia icarioides missionensis

Subject tags

Endangered and/or Threatened species

Invertebrates

Species reintroduction

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