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 alphabetically:
- Euphilotes ancilla <small>(Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)</small> â Rocky Mountain dotted blue
- Euphilotes allyni <small>(Shields, 1975)</small> â El Segundo blue
- Euphilotes battoides <small>(Behr, 1867)</small> â Square-spotted blue or buckwheat blue
- Euphilotes baueri <small>(Shields, 1975)</small> â Bauer's dotted-blue
- Euphilotes bernardino <small>(Barnes & McDunnough, 1916)</small> â Bernardino blue or Bernardino dotted-blue
- Euphilotes centralis <small>(Barnes & McDunnough, 1917)</small>
- Euphilotes columbiae <small>(Matoni, 1954)</small> â Columbian blue
- Euphilotes ellisi <small>(Shields, 1975)</small> â Ellis dotted-blue
- Euphilotes enoptes <small>(Boisduval, 1852)</small> â Dotted blue
- Euphilotes glaucon <small>(Edwards, 1871)</small> â Glaucon blue or summit blue
- Ephilotes heracleoides <small>(Kohler & Warren, 2021) </small> â Pumice blue
- Euphilotes mojave <small>(Watson & Comstock, 1920)</small> â Mojave dotted-blue
- Euphilotes pallescens <small>(Tilden & Downey, 1955)</small> â Pale blue, pallid dotted-blue or pallid blue
- Euphilotes rita <small>(Barnes & McDunnough, 1916)</small> â Rita blue or desert buckwheat blue
- Euphilotes spaldingi <small>(Barnes & McDunnough, 1917)</small> â Colorado-Plateau blue
For <s>Euphilotes intermedia</s> <small>(Barnes & McDunnough, 1917)</small> â intermediate dotted-blue INVALID, see Euphilotes glaucon intermedia <small>(W. Barnes & McDunnough, 1917)</small>
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