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Dotted Blue

Euphilotes enoptes

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 124, February 108, March 112, April 139, May 135, June 140, July 110, August 87, September 110, October 112, November 144, December 111.
United States1,944
California1,367
Nevada328
Oregon142
Arizona53
Colorado14
Washington12
Wyoming11
Utah5
Idaho5

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyGossamer-winged Butterflies · Lycaenidae
GenusAmerican Dotted Blues · Euphilotes

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