Cyclargus thomasi, known generally as the Thomas's blue, Miami blue or Caribbean blue, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in North America and the West Indies.[2][3][4][5][6]
| Cyclargus thomasi | |
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| Miami blue butterfly (Cyclargus thomasi bethunebakeri), Florida, U.S.A. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Cyclargus |
| Species: | C. thomasi
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyclargus thomasi (Clench, 1941)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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The subspecies C. t. bethunebakeri, which is found only in Florida, is known as the Miami blue.[7]
The MONA or Hodges number for Cyclargus thomasi is 4358.[8]
References
edit- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Cyclargus thomasi Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "Cyclargus thomasi species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "Cyclargus thomasi". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "Cyclargus thomasi Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "butterflies". www.libraries.psu.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
- ^ "Miami blue - Cyclargus thomasi bethunbakeri (Comstock & Huntington)". entnemdept.ufl.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
- ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Cyclargus thomasi". Retrieved 2018-05-05.
Further reading
edit- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.