''Euphilotes spaldingi'', or Spalding's blue, is a butterfly of the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest 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 the known butterf ...

. The species was first described by

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and

James Halliday McDunnough James Halliday McDunnough (10 May 1877 – 23 February 1962) was a Canadians, Canadian Linguistics, linguist, musician, and Entomology, entomologist best known for his work with North American Lepidoptera, but who also made important contributio ...

in 1917. It is found in North America. The MONA or

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for ''Euphilotes spaldingi'' is 4369.1.

Subspecies

Two subspecies belong to ''Euphilotes spaldingi'': * ''Euphilotes spaldingi pinjuna'' Scott, 1981^{i g} * ''Euphilotes spaldingi spaldingi'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917)^{i g} Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = BugGuide

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