Euphilotes bernardino

Euphilotes bernardino, the Bernardino blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1916.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1]

Euphilotes bernardino
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Euphilotes
Species:
E. bernardino
Binomial name
Euphilotes bernardino
(Barnes & McDunnough, 1916)

Subspecies

Four subspecies belong to Euphilotes bernardino:

  • Euphilotes bernardino bernardino (Barnes & McDunnough, 1916) i g
  • Euphilotes bernardino inyomontana Pratt & J. Emmel in T. Emmel, 1998 i g
  • Euphilotes bernardino martini (Mattoni, 1954) i
  • Euphilotes bernardino minuta Austin in T. Emmel, 1998 i g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = BugGuide[4]

The El Segundo blue (Euphilotes allyni) was originally thought to be a subspecies, but recent authorities consider it its own species.[5][6]

References
  1. "Euphilotes bernardino Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  2. "Euphilotes bernardino species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  3. "Euphilotes bernardino". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  4. "Euphilotes bernardino Species Information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  5. Davenport, K. 2018. Lepidoptera of North America 15. Butterflies of southern California in 2018: updating Emmel and Emmel's 1973 Butterflies of southern California. Contributions of the C.P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. 175 pp.
  6. Rubinoff, D., T. Longcore, J.R. Dupuis, and K.H. Osborne. 2021. Genomic data support the elevation of the federally listed El Segundo Blue (Euphilotes bernardino/battoides allyni) to species status. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 75(2): 161-164.

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