''Euphilotes'' is a genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
in the family
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family (biology), family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of ...
, which consists of a number of
species
A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...
found in western North America. Some of the species are
endangered
An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction. Endangered species may be at risk due to factors such as habitat loss, poaching, inv ...
, such as the
Smith's blue, ''Euphilotes enoptes smithi''.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
''Euphilotes''
DiscoverLife
* '' Euphilotes ancilla'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918) – Rocky Mountain dotted blue
* '' Euphilotes allyni'' (Shields, 1975) – El Segundo blue
* '' Euphilotes battoides'' (Behr, 1867) – Square-spotted blue or buckwheat blue
* '' Euphilotes baueri'' (Shields, 1975) – Bauer's dotted-blue
* '' Euphilotes bernardino'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1916) – Bernardino blue or Bernardino dotted-blue
* '' Euphilotes centralis'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917)
* '' Euphilotes columbiae'' (Matoni, 1954) – Columbian blue
* '' Euphilotes ellisi'' (Shields, 1975) – Ellis dotted-blue
* '' Euphilotes enoptes'' (Boisduval, 1852) – Dotted blue
* ''Euphilotes glaucon'' (Edwards, 1871) – Glaucon blue or summit blue
* ''Ephilotes heracleoides'' (Kohler & Warren, 2021) – Pumice blue
* '' Euphilotes mojave'' (Watson & Comstock, 1920) – Mojave dotted-blue
* '' Euphilotes pallescens'' (Tilden & Downey, 1955) – Pale blue, pallid dotted-blue or pallid blue
* '' Euphilotes rita'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1916) – Rita blue or desert buckwheat blue
* '' Euphilotes spaldingi'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917) – Colorado-Plateau blue
For ''Euphilotes intermedia'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917) – intermediate dotted-blue INVALID, see ''Euphilotes glaucon intermedia'' (W. Barnes & McDunnough, 1917)
See also
* Carbonera Creek
* Maritime coast range ponderosa pine forest
References
External links
Taxonomy tree for genus ''Euphilotes''''Euphilotes''
Butterflies and Moths of North America
Butterflies of North America
Lycaenidae genera
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