Euphilotes enoptes columbiae (Mattoni, 1954) is a animal in the Lycaenidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Euphilotes enoptes columbiae (Mattoni, 1954)

Euphilotes enoptes columbiae (Mattoni, 1954)

The dotted blue, Euphilotes enoptes, is a Polyommatinae blue butterfly found in North America with Hodges number 4367.

Family
Genus
Euphilotes
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Euphilotes enoptes columbiae (Mattoni, 1954)

Euphilotes enoptes, commonly called the dotted blue, is a species of blue butterfly belonging to the Polyommatinae subfamily of the Lycaenidae butterfly family. This butterfly species is native to North America. The MONA, also known as Hodges, number for Euphilotes enoptes is 4367. The subspecies addressed here is Euphilotes enoptes columbiae, originally described by Mattoni in 1954.

Photo: (c) Liam O'Brien, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Liam O'Brien · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Lycaenidae Euphilotes

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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