''Euphilotes mojave'', known generally as the Mojave dotted blue or Mojave blue, is a species of

blue Blue is one of the three primary colours in the RYB colour model (traditional colour theory), as well as in the RGB (additive) colour model. It lies between violet and cyan on the spectrum of visible light. The eye perceives blue when ...

in the

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprise ...

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 ...

. 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

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