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

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

Further reading

  • Grote, Aug.R.; Robinson, C.T. (1868). . American Entomological Society. ISBN 978-0-665-04389-5. {{cite book}}:ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  • Heppner, J.B. (2003). (PDF). Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Areas. 17. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. ISSN . Archived from (PDF) on 2018-04-23.
  • Hodges, Ronald W., ed. (1983). Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico: Including Greenland. E.W. Classey and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. ISBN 9780860960164.
  • Opler, Paul A. (1992). A Field Guide to Eastern Butterflies. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-63279-X.
  • Opler, Paul A. (1999). A Field Guide to Western Butterflies (2nd ed.). Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-395-79151-0.
  • Pelham, Jonathan P. (2008). . Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 40: 1–658. doi:. ISSN .
  • Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:.

External links

  • Media related to Euphilotes centralis at Wikimedia Commons