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Fender's Blue butterfly (Icaricia icarioides fenderi)

Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae

Listing Status:   

Lead Region:  Pacific Region (Region 1)
Date Listed: Jan 25, 2000

  • States/US Territories in which the Fender's Blue butterfly is known to occur:  Oregon
  • USFWS Refuges in which the Fender's Blue butterfly is known to occur:  BASKETT SLOUGH NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

» Federal Register Documents

Most Recent Federal Register Documents (Showing 5 of 18 : view all)
Date Citation Page Title
10/08/2008 73 FR 58975 Draft Recovery Plan for the Prairie Species of Western Oregon and Southwestern Washington
10/06/2008 73 FR 58263 58264 Proposed Willamette Valley Native Prairie Habitat Programmatic Safe Harbor Agreement for the Fender's Blue Butterfly in Benton, Lane, Linn, Marion, Polk, and Yamhill Counties, OR
09/22/2008 73 FR 54603 54604 Draft Recovery Plan for the Prairie Species of Western Oregon and Southwestern Washington
10/31/2006 71 FR 63861 63977 Designation of Critical Habitat for the Fender's blue butterfly (Icaricia icarioides fenderi), Lupinus sulphureus ssp. kincaidii (Kincaid's lupine), and Erigeron decumbens var. decumbens (Willamette daisy): Final rule.
06/15/2006 71 FR 34566 34570 Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for the Fender's Blue Butterfly (Icaricia icarioides fenderi), Lupinus sulphureus ssp. kincaidii (Kincaid's Lupine), and Erigeron decumbens var. decumbens (Willamette Daisy):Proposed rule; reopening of comment period and notice of availability of draft economic analysis.

» Recovery

Recovery Plan Information Search
Current Recovery Plan(s)
Date Title Plan Action Status Plan Status
09/22/2008 Draft Recovery Plan for the Prairie Species of Western Oregon and Southwestern Washington View Implementation Progress Draft
Other Recovery Documents (Showing 3 of 3 )
Date Citation Page Title Document Type
10/08/2008 73 FR 58975 Draft Recovery Plan for the Prairie Species of Western Oregon and Southwestern Washington
  • Notice Correction
  • Notice Draft Recovery Plan Availability
  • Notice Request for Comment
    • 09/22/2008 73 FR 54603 54604 Draft Recovery Plan for the Prairie Species of Western Oregon and Southwestern Washington
  • Notice Draft Recovery Plan Availability
    • 07/06/2005 70 FR 38972 38975 Initiation of 5-Year Reviews of the Mariana Fruit Bat (Pteropus mariannus mariannus), Mariana Crow (Corvus hawaiiensis), Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis), Kauai Akialoa (Honeycreeper) (Hemignathus procerus), Large Kauai Thrush (Myadestes myadestinus), Kauai Oo (Honeyeater) (Moho braccatus), Ou (Honeycreeper) (Psittirostra psittace), Molokai Creeper (Paroreomyza flammea), Molokai Thrush (Myadestes lanaiensis rutha), Kauai Cave Wolf Spider (Adelocosa anops) Kauai Cave Amphipod (Spelaeorchestia koloana), Alsinidendron obovatum (No Common Name), Amaranthus brownii (No Common Name), Chamaesyce celastroides var. kaenana (Akoko), Chamaesyce deppeana (Akoko), Chamaesyce herbstii (Akoko), Chamaesyce skottsbergii var. kalaeloana (Ewa Plains Akoko), Clermontia pyrularia (Oha Wai), Cyanea grimesiana ssp. obatae (No Common Name), Cyanea pinnatifida (Haha), Cyanea st.-johnii (Haha), Cyanea superba (Haha), Cyanea truncata (Haha), Cyrtandra dentate (Haiwale), Gouania vitifolia (No Common Name), Hedyotis degeneri (No Common Name), Hibiscadelphus woodii (Hau Kuahiwi), Castilleja levisecta (Golden paintbrush), Fender's Blue Butterfly (Icaricia icarioides fenderi), Erigeron decumbens var. decumbens (Willamette Daisy), Lupinus sulphureus ssp. kincaidii (Kincaid's Lupine), Lomatium bradshawii (Bradshaw's Desert Parsley), and Sidalcea nelsoniana (Nelson's Checker-mallow)
  • Notice 5-year Review

    • » Critical Habitat

    Current Critical Habitat Documents (Showing 2 of 2 )
    Date Citation Page Title Document Type Status
    10/31/2006 71 FR 63861 63977 Designation of Critical Habitat for the Fender's blue butterfly (Icaricia icarioides fenderi), Lupinus sulphureus ssp. kincaidii (Kincaid's lupine), and Erigeron decumbens var. decumbens (Willamette daisy): Final rule. Final Rule Active
    11/02/2005 70 FR 66491 66599 Designation of Critical Habitat for the Fender's Blue Butterfly (Icaricia icarioides fenderi), Lupinus sulphureus ssp. kincaidii (Kincaid's Lupine), and Erigeron decumbens var. decumbens (Willamette Daisy); Proposed Rule Proposed Rule Not Required

    To learn more about critical habitat please see http://criticalhabitat.fws.gov

    » Conservation Plans

    Safe Harbor Agreements (SHA): (learn more) (Showing 2 of 2 )
    SHA Plan Summaries
    Starck Savanna Restoration
    Willamette Valley Native Prairie Habitat Programmatic

    » Petitions

    No petition findings have been published for the Fender's Blue butterfly.

    » Life History

    No Life History information has been entered into this system for this species.

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    Last updated: November 22, 2009