Malaga Cove - at the North approach to Palos Verdes peninsula:
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The Palos Verdes Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis) is a small endangered butterfly native to thePalos Verdes Peninsula in southwest Los Angeles County, California. As its distribution has been proven to be limited to one single site it has one of the best claims to being the world's rarest butterfly.
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| Conservation status | |
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Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Division: | Rhopalocera |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Tribe: | Polyommatini |
| Genus: | Glaucopsyche |
| Species: | G. lygdamus |
| Subspecies: | G. l. palosverdesensis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis | |