Philotiella speciosa

Philotiella speciosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Philotiella
Species:	P. speciosa
Binomial name
Philotiella speciosa (Hy. Edwards, 1877)

Philotiella speciosa, the small blue, is a species of blue in the butterfly family Lycaenidae.[1][2]

The MONA or Hodges number for Philotiella speciosa is 4370.[3]

Subspecies

These four subspecies belong to the species Philotiella speciosa:

• Philotiella speciosa bohartorum (Tilden, 1969)
• Philotiella speciosa purisima Priestaf & J. Emmel in T. Emmel, 1998 (lompoc blue)
• Philotiella speciosa septentrionalis Austin in T. Emmel, 1998
• Philotiella speciosa speciosa (Hy. Edwards, 1877)

References

1. "Philotiella speciosa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
2. "Philotiella speciosa species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
3. "North American Moth Photographers Group, Philotiella speciosa". Retrieved 2019-09-25.

Further reading

• Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.