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unusual facts about Euphilotes battoides


Euphilotes

Euphilotes battoides (Behr, 1867) – Square-spotted Blue or Buckwheat Blue



see also

El Segundo blue butterfly

El Segundo Blue (Euphilotes battoides allyni) is a butterfly local to a small dune ecosystem in Southern California that used to be a community called Palisades del Rey, close to the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

Native plant

As a result, the El Segundo blue butterfly (Euphilotes battoides allyni) became an endangered species.