Mission Blue Butterfly (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

Scientific Name: Icaricia icarioides missionensis
Federal Status: Endangered

Cautious optimism surrounds the fate of the Mission Blue Butterfly. Formerly relatively widespread on the San Francisco and Marin peninsulas, the Mission Blue is now restricted to a few sites in these areas. On San Bruno Mountain, in San Mateo Co., 2000 acres of critical habitat for the butterfly is being managed by the county department of Parks and Recreation.

 

OSTRICISED

 

Come ~fly to freedom from the uncaring

to a planet of liberty where

we may glow in

our luminous shades of we

and only Gaia

may spin the life span of

our pleasure to the eye of our beholder.

 

(c) ZYDHA HART 2007