Euphilotes

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Euphilotes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Euphilotes

Euphilotes is a genus of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family, which consists a number of species, some of which are endangered.[1] One species in the genus is the endangered Smith's blue butterfly, Euphilotes enoptes smithi.

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  1. ^ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service profile of Smith's blue butterfly

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