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California dogface butterfly - Definition
</table> The California dogface butterfly (Zerene eurydice, or Colias eurydice Boisduval) has been the state insect of the U.S. state of California since 1972. Its range is limited to that state. Its name comes from a wing pattern resembling a dog's face. Larvae feed on false indigo, adults feed on flower nectar.
California dogface butterfly
Conservation status: Vulnerable
Scientific classification
Domain:Eukaryota
Kingdom:Animalia
Subkingdom:Metazoa
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Hexapoda
Class:Insecta
Subclass:Pterygota
Infraclass:Neoptera
Superorder:Endopterygota
Order:Lepidoptera
Suborder:Ditrysia
Division:Rhopalocera
Superfamily:Papilionoidea
Family:Pieridae
Subfamily:Coliadinae
Genus:Zerene
Species:eurydice
Binomial name

Zerene eurydice
Boisduval 1855

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