| Rocky Mountain Dotted Blue | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Euphilotes |
| Species: | E. ancilla |
| Binomial name | |
| Euphilotes ancilla (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918) |
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The Rocky Mountain Dotted Blue (Euphilotes ancilla) is a species of butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found from Washington south to California and southern Alberta and Saskatchewan south through 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]