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| Euphilotes enoptes | |
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| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Lepidoptera | 
| Family: | Lycaenidae | 
| Genus: | Euphilotes | 
| Species: | E. enoptes 
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| Binomial name | |
| Euphilotes enoptes (Boisduval, 1852) 
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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]
The MONA or Hodges number for Euphilotes enoptes is 4367.[3][4]

Subspecies
[edit]- 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)
 
References
[edit]- ^ "Euphilotes enoptes Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
 - ^ a b "Euphilotes enoptes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
 - ^ Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
 - ^ "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
[edit]- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
 
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