What is Palos Verdes blue?
{{Taxobox | name = Palos Verdes blue | image = | image_width = 240px <!-- | status = NE --> <!-- | status_system = IUCN3.1 --> | status = T1 | status_system = TNC | status_ref=<ref>{{cite web|title=Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis|url=http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?sourceTemplate=tabular_report.wmt&loadTemplate=species_RptComprehensive.wmt&selectedReport=RptComprehensive.wmt&summaryView=tabular_report.wmt&elKey=107796&paging=home&save=true&startIndex=1&nextStartIndex=1&reset=false&offPageSelectedElKey=107796&offPageSelectedElType=species&offPageYesNo=true&post_processes=&radiobutton=radiobutton&selectedIndexes=107796|work=NatureServe|accessdate=12 July 2013|author=Pelham J.P.|year=2008}}{{Dead link|date=December 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Arthropod]]a | classis = [[Insect]]a | ordo = [[Lepidoptera]] | unranked_familia = [[Rhopalocera]] | superfamilia = [[Papilionoidea]] | familia = [[Lycaenidae]] | genus = ''[[Glaucopsyche]]'' | species = ''[[Glaucopwsyche lygamus|G. lygdamus]]'' | trinomial = ''Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis'' | trinomial_authority =}} The '''Palos Verdes blue butterfly''' is a small [[Endangered species|endangered]] [[butterfly]] that can be seen near the [[Palos Verdes|Palos Verdes Peninsula]] in southwest [[Los Angeles County]], [[California]]. So far, it can only be seen here and might be one of the rarest butterflies in the world. == Description == This butterfly has a [[wingspan]] of only 25–30 mm. The male has a bright silvery-blue dorsal wing outlined in a narrow line of black, while the female’s dorsal wing is a more brownish-gray color. Both males and females have gray ventral wings with dark spots surrounded by white rings.<ref>{{aut|Arnold R.A.}} 1987. Decline of the Endangered Palos Verdes blue Butterfly in California. Biological Conservation. 40: 203–217.</ref> == Conservation == ''G. lygdamus palosverdesensis'' was listed as an [[endangered species]] by the [http://ecos