''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 butterfly, Smith's blue, ''Euphilotes enoptes smithi''.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
''Euphilotes''
DiscoverLife
* ''Euphilotes ancilla'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918) – Rocky Mountain dotted 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 ellisi'' (Shields, 1975) – Ellis dotted-blue
* ''Euphilotes enoptes'' (Boisduval, 1852) – dotted Blue
* ''Euphilotes glaucon'' (Edwards, 1871) synonym of ''Euphilotes battoides''
* ''Euphilotes intermedia'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917) – intermediate dotted-blue INVALID
* ''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
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
Euphilotes,
Butterflies of North America
Lycaenidae genera
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