''Euphilotes'' is a genus of

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in the family

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, which consists of a number of

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found in western North America. Some of the species are

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, such as the Smith's blue, ''Euphilotes enoptes smithi''.

Species

Listed alphabetically:''Euphilotes''
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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 Wyomin ...

'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918) – Rocky Mountain dotted blue * '' Euphilotes allyni'' (Shields, 1975) – El Segundo blue * ''

Euphilotes battoides ''Euphilotes battoides'', the square-spotted blue or buckwheat blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. Distribution It is found in western North America from California south to Baja California Norte and then west to south ...

'' (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 butterfly, Smith's blue, ''Euphilotes enoptes sm ...

'' (Shields, 1975) – Bauer's dotted-blue * ''

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 ...

'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1916) – Bernardino blue or Bernardino dotted-blue * ''

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 centr ...

'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917) * ''

Euphilotes columbiae ''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 ...

'' (Matoni, 1954) – Columbian 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 ...

'' (Shields, 1975) – Ellis dotted-blue * ''

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. ...

'' (Boisduval, 1852) – Dotted blue * ''Euphilotes glaucon'' (Edwards, 1871) – Glaucon blue or summit blue * ''Ephilotes heracleoides'' (Kohler & Warren, 2021) – Pumice blue * ''

Euphilotes mojave ''Euphilotes mojave'', known generally as the Mojave dotted blue or Mojave blue, is a species of blue in the butterfly family Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family (biology), family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-foot ...

'' (Watson & Comstock, 1920) – Mojave dotted-blue * ''

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 wingsp ...

'' (Tilden & Downey, 1955) – Pale blue, pallid dotted-blue or pallid blue * ''

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 Jame ...

'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1916) – Rita blue or desert buckwheat blue * ''

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 ''Euphil ...

'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917) – Colorado-Plateau blue For ~~''Euphilotes intermedia''~~ (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917) – intermediate dotted-blue INVALID, see ''Euphilotes glaucon intermedia'' (W. Barnes & McDunnough, 1917)

References

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Taxonomy tree for genus ''Euphilotes''''Euphilotes''
Butterflies and Moths of North America Butterflies of North America Lycaenidae genera {{Polyommatini-stub

Species

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