Rank Species | Subphylum Hexapoda Order Butterflies and moths | |
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Similar Euphilotes, Lycaena rubidus, Aricia lupini, Glaucopsyche piasus, Hesperia uncas | ||
Getting eggs out of euphilotes ancilla females
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.
Wingspan is from 17 to 23 mm.
Larvae feed on various Eriogonum species, especially sulphur-flower.
References
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