Euphilotes enoptes ancilla (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918) is a animal in the Lycaenidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Euphilotes enoptes ancilla (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)

Euphilotes enoptes ancilla (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)

The dotted blue, Euphilotes enoptes, is a North American lycaenid blue butterfly with MONA Hodges number 4367.

Family
Genus
Euphilotes
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Euphilotes enoptes ancilla (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)

Euphilotes enoptes, commonly known as the dotted blue, is a species of blue butterfly that belongs to the Polyommatinae subfamily of the Lycaenidae butterfly family. This species is found in North America. Its assigned MONA (Hodges) number is 4367. The subspecies covered here is Euphilotes enoptes ancilla, first described by Barnes & McDunnough in 1918.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Lycaenidae Euphilotes

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

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