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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Euphilotes |
| Species: | E. bernardino
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| Euphilotes bernardino (Barnes & McDunnough, 1916)
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Subspecies
editFour 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
edit- ^ a b c "Euphilotes bernardino Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
- ^ a b "Euphilotes bernardino species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
- ^ a b "Euphilotes bernardino". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
- ^ a b "Euphilotes bernardino Species Information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
Further reading
edit- 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.