Glaucopsyche piasus

Glaucopsyche piasus
Arrowhead Blue
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Glaucopsyche
Subgenus: Glaucopsyche
Species: G. piasus
Binomial name
Glaucopsyche piasus
Boisduval, 1852

The Arrowhead Blue (Glaucopsyche piasus) is a western North American butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is a locally common butterfly that favors prairie, open woodland, and woodland edges and trails.

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