Euphilotes centralis explained

Euphilotes centralis, the central blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1917. It is found in North America.

The MONA or Hodges number for Euphilotes centralis is 4366.2.

Subspecies

Two subspecies belong to Euphilotes centralis:

• Euphilotes centralis centralis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1917)

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• Euphilotes centralis hadrochilus Pratt & J. Emmel in T. Emmel, 1998

ⁱData sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = BugGuide

Further reading

• Book: Grote . Aug.R.. Robinson . C.T.. 1868. List of the Lepidoptera of North America. American Entomological Society. 978-0-665-04389-5.
• Heppner. J.B.. 2003. Lepidoptera of Florida. Part 1. Introduction and catalog. Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Areas. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. 17. 0066-8036. 2018-04-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20180423112356/http://freshfromflorida.s3.amazonaws.com/arthropods-of-florida-vol-17.pdf. 2018-04-23. dead.
• Book: Hodges . Ronald W.. 1983. Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico: Including Greenland. E.W. Classey and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. 9780860960164.
• Book: Opler . Paul A.. 1992. A Field Guide to Eastern Butterflies. Houghton Mifflin. 0-395-63279-X.
• Book: Opler . Paul A.. 1999. A Field Guide to Western Butterflies. Houghton Mifflin. 2nd. 0-395-79151-0.
• Pelham . Jonathan P.. 2008. A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 40. 1–658. 10.5962/p.332201. 0022-4324. free.
• Pohl . Greg. Patterson . Bob. Pelham . Jonathan. 2016. Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. 10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287. free.