Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 939875

Bernardino Dotted-Blue
Euphilotes bernardino

Observation date: May 25, 2013
Submitted by: Robert Gorman
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: south main divide road to fisherman's camp on buckwheat sunny warm day
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: November 15, 2013
Coordinator notes: Bernardino Blues were separated from Euphilotes battoides at species level in 1990 by Mattoni. I wrote some published papers documenting that both species can occur together on different buckwheat hosts. Both are common in the southern Sierra Nevada.
Checklist region(s): United States, California