Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1264980

Central Dotted-Blue
Euphilotes centralis

Observation date: July 31, 2020
Submitted by: DeepSkyKelly
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: A type of Buckwheat/Dotted Blue, but Kauffman doesn't include all varieties. Ancilla appears similar, but not the right area. Possibly Central? Not certain that host plants are in the area.
Status: Resident
Verified by: stevecary
Verified date: August 04, 2020
Coordinator notes: shifting this over to Central Blue to be taxonomically consistent with Butterflies of America and BofNM
Checklist region(s): United States, New Mexico, Colfax County