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Euphilotes
''Euphilotes'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, which consists of a number of species found in western North America. Some of the species are endangered, such as the Smith's blue, ''Euphilotes enoptes smithi''. Species Listed alphabetically: DiscoverLife * '''' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918) – Rocky Mountain dotted blue * '''' (Behr, 1867) – square-spotted blue or buckwheat blue * '' |
Euphilotes Ellisi
''Euphilotes'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, which consists of a number of species found in western North America. Some of the species are endangered, such as the Smith's blue, ''Euphilotes enoptes smithi''. Species Listed alphabetically: DiscoverLife * '''' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918) – Rocky Mountain dotted blue * '''' (Behr, 1867) – square-spotted blue or buckwheat blue * '' |
Euphilotes
''Euphilotes'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, which consists of a number of species found in western North America. Some of the species are endangered, such as the Smith's blue, ''Euphilotes enoptes smithi''. Species Listed alphabetically: DiscoverLife * '''' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918) – Rocky Mountain dotted blue * '''' (Behr, 1867) – square-spotted blue or buckwheat blue * '' |
Euphilotes Baueri
''Euphilotes'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, which consists of a number of species found in western North America. Some of the species are endangered, such as the Smith's blue, ''Euphilotes enoptes smithi''. Species Listed alphabetically: DiscoverLife * '' Euphilotes ancilla'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918) – Rocky Mountain dotted blue * '' Euphilotes battoides'' (Behr, 1867) – square-spotted blue or buckwheat blue * '' Euphilotes baueri'' (Shields, 1975) – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphilotes Enoptes
''Euphilotes enoptes'', the dotted blue, is a species of blue (Polyommatinae) butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number for ''Euphilotes enoptes'' is 4367.Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico' Subspecies * ''Euphilotes enoptes arenacola'' Pratt and J. Emmel in T. Emmel, 1998 * ''Euphilotes enoptes aridorum'' Austin in T. Emmel, 1998 * ''Euphilotes enoptes bayensis'' (Langston, 1964) * ''Euphilotes enoptes cryptorufes'' Pratt and J. Emmel in T. Emmel, 1998 * ''Euphilotes enoptes dammersi'' (J. A. Comstock and Henne, 1933) * ''Euphilotes enoptes enoptes'' (Boisduval, 1852) (Pacific dotted-blue) * ''Euphilotes enoptes langstoni'' (Shields, 1975) * ''Euphilotes enoptes opacapulla'' Austin in T. Emmel, 1998 * ''Euphilotes enoptes primavera'' Austin in T. Emmel, 1998 * ''Euphilotes enoptes smithi Smith's blue butterfly, ''Euphilotes enoptes sm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphilotes Bernardino
''Euphilotes bernardino'', the Bernardino blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1916. It is found in North America. Subspecies Four subspecies belong to ''Euphilotes bernardino'': * ''Euphilotes bernardino bernardino'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1916) * ''Euphilotes bernardino inyomontana'' Pratt & J. Emmel in T. Emmel, 1998 * ''Euphilotes bernardino martini'' (Mattoni, 1954) * ''Euphilotes bernardino minuta'' Austin in T. Emmel, 1998 Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = BugGuide The El Segundo blue The El Segundo blue (''Euphilotes battoides allyni'') is a rare subspecies of the square-spotted blue butterfly. It is endemic to a small dune ecosystem in Southern California that used to be a community called Palisades del Rey, close to the ... (''Euphilotes allyni'') was originally thought to be a subspecies, but recent authorities consider it its own species.Rubin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphilotes Centralis
''Euphilotes centralis'', the central blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1917. It is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number for ''Euphilotes centralis'' is 4366.2. Subspecies Two subspecies belong to ''Euphilotes centralis'': * ''Euphilotes centralis centralis'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917) * ''Euphilotes centralis hadrochilus'' Pratt & J. Emmel in T. Emmel, 1998 i Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = BugGuide References Further reading * * * * * * * External links * Euphilotes Butterflies described in 1917 {{Polyommatini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphilotes Rita
''Euphilotes rita'', the rita blue or desert buckwheat blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and northern Mexico. The species was first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1916. The wingspan is 17–22 mm. The upperside of the males is bright lilac blue with dark borders and a small orange patch at the corner of the hindwings. The upperside of the females is brown with an orange marginal band. The underside of both sexes is off white with black spots. Adults are on wing from July to late September in one generation per year. They feed on the flower nectar of ''Eriogonum'' species. Its habitats include juniper-pinyon woodlands, sand dunes, oak woodland, and prairie grasslands. The larvae feed on the flowers and fruits of wild ''Eriogonum'' species, including ''Eriogonum effusum'', '' Eriogonum flavum'', ''Eriogonum leptocladon'', '' Eriogonum racemosum'' and '' Eriogonum wright ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphilotes Spaldingi
''Euphilotes spaldingi'', or Spalding's blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1917. It is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number for ''Euphilotes spaldingi'' is 4369.1. Subspecies Two subspecies belong to ''Euphilotes spaldingi'': * ''Euphilotes spaldingi pinjuna'' Scott, 1981 * ''Euphilotes spaldingi spaldingi'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917) i g Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = BugGuide References Further reading * Euphilotes Articles created by Qbugbot {{Polyommatini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphilotes Mojave
''Euphilotes mojave'', known generally as the Mojave dotted blue or Mojave blue, is a species of blue in the butterfly family Lycaenidae. It is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number for ''Euphilotes mojave'' is 4367.1. Subspecies These two subspecies belong to the species ''Euphilotes mojave'': * ''Euphilotes mojave mojave'' (F. Watson & W. Comstock, 1920) * ''Euphilotes mojave virginensis'' Austin in T. Emmel, 1998 References Further reading * Euphilotes Articles created by Qbugbot {{Polyommatini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smith's Blue Butterfly
Smith's blue butterfly, ''Euphilotes enoptes smithi'', is an subspecies of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. This federally listed endangered subspecies of '' Euphilotes enoptes'' occurs in fragmented populations along the Central Coast of California, primarily associated with sand dune habitat in one case with a dune-based Maritime Coast Range Ponderosa Pine forest in the Carbonera Creek watershed in Santa Cruz County. The range of ''E. e. smithi'' is from Monterey Bay south to Punta Gorda. Over half of the original habitat of ''E. e. smithi'' has been destroyed by human overpopulation, coastal highway development and trampling of habitat, and invasive plants.Black, H.D and D.M. Vaughn, ''Species profile:Euphilotes enoptes smithi'', in ''Redlist of pollinator insects of North America'', May 2005 Several sites are currently being protected to conserve Smith's blue butterfly, including the Maritime Coast Range Ponderosa Pine forest at Carbonera Creek and a preserv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphilotes Ancilla
''Euphilotes ancilla'', the Rocky Mountain dotted blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from Washington south to California and southern Alberta and Saskatchewan south through the Rockies and high plains to Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and northwestern New Mexico. The species was first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1918. Its wingspan is from 17 to 23 mm. Its habitats include sun-exposed rocky slopes and flats with host plant colonies. Larvae feed on various ''Eriogonum ''Eriogonum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Polygonaceae. The genus is found in North America and is known as wild buckwheat. This is a highly species-rich genus, and indications are that active speciation is continuing. It inc ...'' species, especially sulphur-flower. References {{Taxonbar , from=Q3060398 Butterflies of North America Euphilotes Butterflies described in 1918 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphilotes Pallescens
''Euphilotes pallescens'', the pale blue, pallid blue or pallid dotted blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the United States in southeastern California, Nevada, southern Utah and northern Arizona. The wingspan is 16–21 mm. The upperside of the males is pale blue, while the upperside of the females is grayish brown with gray overscales on the wing bases. The underside is almost white with black spots. There usually is an orange marginal hindwing band. Adults are on wing from July to September in one generation per year. They feed on the flower nectar of ''Eriogonum'' species. The larvae feed on the flowers and fruits of ''Eriogonum'' species, including '' E. kearneyi'', '' E. microthecum'' and '' E. plumatella''. The larvae are tended by ants. Subspecies *''Euphilotes pallescens pallescens'' *''Euphilotes pallescens arenamontana The Sand Mountain blue (''Euphilotes pallescens arenamontana'') is a lycaenid butterfly of the "blue" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
