Euphilotes ancilla
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| Species: | E. ancilla
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| Euphilotes ancilla (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
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Euphilotes ancilla, the Rocky Mountain dotted blue, is a species of butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found from Washington south to California and southern Alberta and Saskatchewan south through the Rockies and high plains to Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and northwestern New Mexico.[1]
Wingspan is from 17 to 23 mm.[2]
Larvae feed on various Eriogonum species, especially sulphur-flower.[1][3]
References
- ^ a b Rocky Mountain Dotted-Blue, Butterflies and Moths of North America
- ^ Rocky Mountain Dotted Blue, Butterflies of Canada
- ^ Euphilotes at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera