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Euphilotes  Mattoni, 1978
Taxonomic Serial No.: 117237

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2009   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderLepidoptera  – butterflies, moths, papillons, papillons de nuit, Borboleta, Mariposa  
                                  SuperfamilyPapilionoidea Latreille, 1802 – butterflies, papillons  
                                     FamilyLycaenidae [Leach], 1815 – blues, coppers, gossamer-winged butterflies, hairstreaks, harvesters, Gossamer-wing Butterflies  
                                        SubfamilyPolyommatinae Swainson, 1827 – Blues  
                                           TribePolyommatini Swainson, 1827  
                                              GenusEuphilotes Mattoni, 1978  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 SpeciesEuphilotes ancilla (W. Barnes and McDunnough, 1918)  
                                                 SpeciesEuphilotes battoides (Behr, 1867) – Square-spotted Blue 
                                                 SpeciesEuphilotes baueri (Shields, 1975)  
                                                 SpeciesEuphilotes bernardino (W. Barnes and McDunnough, 1916)  
                                                 SpeciesEuphilotes centralis (W. Barnes and McDunnough, 1917)  
                                                 SpeciesEuphilotes columbiae (Mattoni, 1954)  
                                                 SpeciesEuphilotes ellisii (Shields, 1975)  
                                                 SpeciesEuphilotes enoptes (Boisduval, 1852) – Dotted Blue 
                                                 SpeciesEuphilotes glaucon (W. H. Edwards, 1871)  
                                                 SpeciesEuphilotes mojave (F. Watson and W. Comstock, 1920)  
                                                 SpeciesEuphilotes pallescens (Tilden and Downey, 1955)  
                                                 SpeciesEuphilotes rita (W. Barnes and McDunnough, 1916) – Rita Blue 
                                                 SpeciesEuphilotes spaldingi (W. Barnes and McDunnough, 1917) – Spalding's Blue 
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Euphilotes   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pelham, Jonathan P.   
  Publication Date: 2008   
  Article/Chapter Title: A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, vol. 40   
  Page(s): xiv + 658   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0022-4324   
  Notes: As noted in the Introduction, Pelham intentionally diverges from the Code's provisions on gender agreement (Articles 31 & 34), following original orthography instead   
  Reference for: Euphilotes   
       

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