Euphilotes spaldingi, or Spalding's blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1917.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Euphilotes |
| Species: | E. spaldingi
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| Binomial name | |
| Euphilotes spaldingi (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917)
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The MONA or Hodges number for Euphilotes spaldingi is 4369.1.[5]
Subspecies
editTwo subspecies belong to Euphilotes spaldingi:
- Euphilotes spaldingi pinjuna Scott, 1981 i g
- Euphilotes spaldingi spaldingi (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917) i g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = BugGuide[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Euphilotes spaldingi Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ^ a b "Euphilotes spaldingi species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ^ a b "Euphilotes spaldingi". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ^ a b "Euphilotes spaldingi Species Information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
- ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Euphilotes spaldingi". Retrieved 2018-05-06.
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.