Dotted Blue

Euphilotes enoptes · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Lycaenidae

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Dotted Blue
Photo: John Hibbard, CC BY

The dotted blue is a type of blue butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It lives in North America.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

The dotted blue belongs to the blue (Polyommatinae) group of butterflies.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

This butterfly is found across North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

Its native range includes North America.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 15 of 51 states and DC. Most records: California, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada, Arizona.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Dotted Blue photo 3
Photo: John Hibbard, CC BY
Dotted Blue photo 4
Photo: Annette Herz, CC BY
Dotted Blue photo 5
Photo: John Hibbard, CC BY
Dotted Blue photo 6
Photo: John Hibbard, CC BY

Same family (Lycaenidae)

Common BlueCommon BluePolyommatus icarusGray HairstreakGray HairstreakStrymon melinusSmall CopperSmall CopperLycaena phlaeasEastern Tailed-BlueEastern Tailed-BlueEveres comyntasHolly BlueHolly BlueCelastrina argiolusLesser Grass BlueLesser Grass BlueZizina otis

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphilotes_enoptes

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

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