Euphilotes enoptes

Euphilotes enoptes, the dotted blue, is a species of blue (Polyommatinae) butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.[1][2] It is found in North America.[2]

Euphilotes enoptes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Euphilotes
Species:
E. enoptes
Binomial name
Euphilotes enoptes
(Boisduval, 1852)

The MONA or Hodges number for Euphilotes enoptes is 4367.[3][4]

Subspecies
  • Euphilotes enoptes arenacola Pratt and J. Emmel in T. Emmel, 1998
  • Euphilotes enoptes aridorum Austin in T. Emmel, 1998
  • Euphilotes enoptes bayensis (Langston, 1964)
  • Euphilotes enoptes cryptorufes Pratt and J. Emmel in T. Emmel, 1998
  • Euphilotes enoptes dammersi (J. A. Comstock and Henne, 1933)
  • Euphilotes enoptes enoptes (Boisduval, 1852) (Pacific dotted-blue)
  • Euphilotes enoptes langstoni (Shields, 1975)
  • Euphilotes enoptes opacapulla Austin in T. Emmel, 1998
  • Euphilotes enoptes primavera Austin in T. Emmel, 1998
  • Euphilotes enoptes smithi (Mattoni, 1954)
  • Euphilotes enoptes tildeni (Langston, 1964)
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References
  1. "Euphilotes enoptes Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  2. "Euphilotes enoptes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  3. Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
  4. "A Catalog of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada, J.P. Pelham, rev. 2017". Butterflies of America. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
  • Pelham, Jonathan P. (2008). "A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature". Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, vol. 40, xiv + 658.

Further reading
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.



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