Euphilotes spaldingi

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]

Euphilotes spaldingi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Euphilotes
Species:	E. spaldingi
Binomial name
Euphilotes spaldingi (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917)

The MONA or Hodges number for Euphilotes spaldingi is 4369.1.[5]

Subspecies

Two 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

1. "Euphilotes spaldingi Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
2. "Euphilotes spaldingi species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
3. "Euphilotes spaldingi". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
4. "Euphilotes spaldingi Species Information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
5. "North American Moth Photographers Group, Euphilotes spaldingi". Retrieved 2018-05-06.

Further reading

• 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.