El Segundo blue butterfly

El Segundo blue butterfly
Scientific Classification
: Eukaryota : Animalia : Metazoa : Arthropoda : Insecta : Pterygota : Neoptera : Endopterygota : Lepidoptera : Ditrysia Division: Rhopalocera : Papilionoidea : Lycaenidae : Polyommatinae : Polyommatini : Euphilotes : Battoides : Allyni
Trinomial name
Euphilotes battoides allyni Shields 1975

El Segundo blue butterfly (Euphilotes battoides allyni) is a butterfly local to a small dune ecosystem in Southern California, close to the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). It is a federally designated endangered species. The El Segundo Blue Butterfly Habitat Preserve next to LAX exists to protect the species.

Further reading

• Mattoni, Rudolf H. T., "The Endangered El Segundo Blue Butterfly," The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, Volume 29 (4), Winter 1990. PDF 19.5 MB