Habitat ³

Euphilotes enoptes is intimately associated with its host plants, where both it and the plants live in different elevations of the same geographic region (Peterson 1995). Within this region they tend to live in sun-exposed rocky or sandy flats or slopes in foothills, mountains, desert, and along coast (Opler, 2001).

Habitat Regions: temperate

Terrestrial Biomes: desert or dune ; chaparral ; mountains

Conservation status ⁴

Due to the destruction of its habitat in California, the subspecies Euphilotes enoptes smithi was placed on the Endangered Species List in 1984 (Sbordoni and Forestiero 1998).

US Federal List: endangered

CITES: no special status

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Jim P. Brock, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://butterfliesofamerica.com/images/Theclinae/Polyommatinae/euphilotes_enoptes_langstoni/037_Euphilotes_enoptes_langstoni_Lower_Rock_Creek_SE_of_Tom%27s_Place_Mono_Co_CA_USA_28-V-79_2.jpg
2. (c) Jim P. Brock, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://butterfliesofamerica.com/images/Theclinae/Polyommatinae/euphilotes_enoptes_langstoni/038_Euphilotes_enoptes_langstoni_Lower_Rock_Creek_SE_of_Tom%27s_Place_Mono_Co_CA_USA_28-V-79_3.jpg
3. (c) The Regents of the University of Michigan and its licensors, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/31394233
4. (c) The Regents of the University of Michigan and its licensors, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/31394240

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