Eastern Tailed Blue (Cupido comyntas) wildspecies.ca

Secure

Present in regions

Migratory species: Unknown

Taxonomic group:

Butterflies

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Common Names

English common name:

Eastern Tailed Blue

In English, species in the subfamily Polyommatinae are named "Blue", except for genus Celastrina.

French common name:

Bleu porte-queue de l'Est

In French, species in the subfamily Polyommatinae are named "Bleu" (masculine), except for genus Celastrina.

Year	English common name	French common name
2000	Eastern Tailed Blue	Bleu porte-queue de l'Est
2010	Eastern Tailed Blue	Bleu porte-queue de l'Est
2015
2020

Source: iNaturalist

Scientific Names

Higher Classification:

Superkingdom

EUKARYOTA

Kingdom

ANIMALIA

Subkingdom

BILATERIA

Infrakingdom

PROTOSTOMIA

Superphylum

Ecdysozoa

Phylum

Arthropoda

Subphylum

Hexapoda

Class

Insecta

Subclass

Pterygota

Infraclass

Neoptera

Superorder

Holometabola

Year	Scientific name	Family	Order
2000	Cupido comyntas	Lycaenidae	Lepidoptera
2010	Cupido comyntas	Lycaenidae	Lepidoptera
2015	Cupido comyntas	Lycaenidae	Lepidoptera
2020	Cupido comyntas	Lycaenidae	Lepidoptera

Priority Score

This species is not designated as may be at risk

Trends in rounded national ranks

Year	Rounded National Rank	Description of the change	Reason for change	Notes
2000	Secure
2010	Secure
2015	Secure
2020	Secure

Original Ranks:

Canada
2000	Secure - 4
2010	Secure - 4
2015	Secure - N5
2020	Secure - N5

Yukon
2000	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Northwest Territories
2000	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Nunavut
2000	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

British Columbia
2000	Sensitive - 3
2010	Secure - 4
2015	Imperiled - S2S3
2020	Vulnerable - S3

Alberta
2000	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Saskatchewan
2000	Sensitive - 3
2010	Sensitive - 3
2015	Critically Imperiled - S1
2020	Critically Imperiled - S1

Manitoba
2000	Secure - 4
2010	Secure - 4
2015	Vulnerable - S3
2020	Vulnerable - S3

Ontario
2000	Secure - 4
2010	Secure - 4
2015	Secure - S5
2020	Secure - S5

Quebec
2000	Not Assessed - 6
2010	Not Present
2015	Apparently Secure - S4
2020	Apparently Secure - S4

New Brunswick
2000	Not Present
2010	Secure - 4
2015	Vulnerable - S3S4
2020	Apparently Secure - S4S5

Nova Scotia
2000	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Vulnerable - S3?
2020	Vulnerable - S3S4

Prince Edward Island
2000	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Unranked - SNR
2020	Unrankable - SU

Newfoundland and Labrador
2000	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015
2020

Labrador
2000
2010
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Newfoundland
2000
2010
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Pacific Ocean
2000	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Western Arctic Ocean
2000	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Eastern Arctic Ocean
2000	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present

Atlantic Ocean
2000	Not Present
2010	Not Present
2015	Not Present
2020	Not Present