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Standardized Common North American Butterfly Names

Swallowtails Whites Coppers Blues Nymphs 1 Satyrs Skippers 1
Parnassians Sulphurs Hairstreaks Metalmarks Nymphs 2 Danaids Skippers 2

Blues

Scientific Name US Common Name Canada Common Name
Brephidium exile Western Pygmy-blue  
Brephidium isophthalma pseudofea Florida Pygmy-blue  
Brephidium isophthalma insularis Island Pygmy-blue  
     
Leptotes cassius theonus West Indian Blue  
Leptotes cassius striata Striated Blue  
Leptotes marina Marine Blue Marine Blue
     
Zizula cyna Cyna Blue  
     
Cyclargus thomasi bethunibakeri Miami Blue  
Cyclargus ammon Nickerbean Blue  
     
Hemiargus ceraunus antibubastus Ceraunus Blue  
Hemiargus ceraunus gyas Edward’s Blue  
Hemiargus ceraunus zachaeina Zachaeina Blue  
     
Echinargus isola alce Reakirt’s Blue Reakirt’s Blue
     
Everes comyntas comyntas Eastern Tailed Blue Eastern Tailed Blue
Everes comyntas texana Texas Tailed Blue  
Everes comyntas sissona Wright’s Tailed Blue  
Everes amyntula amyntula Western Tailed Blue Western Tailed Blue
Everes amyntula valeriae Valerie’s Tailed Blue  
Everes amyntula maritima   Maritime Tailed Blue
Everes amyntula albrighti Albright’s Tailed Blue  
Everes amyntula herri Herr’s Tailed Blue  
Everes amyntula montanorum Mountain Tailed Blue  
Everes amyntula nesiotes Nesiotes Tailed Blue  
     
Celastrina ladon Spring Azure  
Celastrina lucia Lucia Azure Lucia Azure
Celastrina ? Cherry Gall Azure Cherry Gall Azure
Celastrina idella idella Holly Azure  
Celastrina idella ? ?  
Celastrina neglecta neglecta Summer Azure Summer Azure
Celastrina neglecta argentata Pale Summer Azure Pale Summer Azure
Celastrina neglectamajor Appalachian Azure  
Celastrina echo echo Echo Azure Echo Azure
Celastrina echo ? ? (California)  
Celastrina nigra Dusky Azure  
Celastrina humulus Hops Azure  
Celastrina ? nigrescens Dark Blue Azure Dark Blue Azure
Celastrina ? cinerea Arizona Azure  
Celastrina ? sidara Sidara Azure Sidara Azure
     
Philotes sonorensis sonorensis Sonora Blue  
Philotes sonorensis extinctus Extinct Sonora Blue  
Philotes sonorensis  ? San Diego ?  
Philotes sonorensis  ? Desert’s Edge Sonora Blue  
Philotes sonorensis  ? Monterey Sonora Blue  
Philotes sonorensis  ? Sierra Nevada Sonora Blue  
     
Euphilotes battoides battoides Square-spotted Blue  
Euphilotes battoides allyni El Segundo Blue  
Euphilotes battoides glaucon Glaucon Blue Glaucon Blue
Euphilotes battoides argocyanea ?  
Euphilotes battoides fuscimaculata ?  
Euphilotes battoides australoglaucon Southern Glaucon Blue  
Euphilotes battoides mazourka Mazourka Square-spotted Blue  
Euphilotes battoides panamintensis Panamint Square-spotted Blue  
Euphilotes battoides   ? Baking Powder Flat Blue  
Euphilotes intermedia intermedia Intermediate Blue  
Euphilotes intermedia oregonensis Oregon Intermediate Blue  
Euphilotes intermedia comstocki Comstock’s Blue  
Euphilotes intermedia hadrochilus Broad Bordered Blue  
Euphilotes centralis centralis The Central Blue  
Euphilotes ancilla ancilla Ancilla Blue  
Euphilotes ancilla columbiiae Columbian Blue Columbian Blue
Euphilotes ancilla giulianii Death Valley Blue  
Euphilotes ancilla purpura ? Ancilla Blue  
Euphilotes ancilla gilvatunica ? Ancilla Blue  
Euphilotes ancilla pseudointermedia Sierran Ancilla Blue  
Euphilotes ancilla shieldsi Shield’s Blue  
Euphilotes baueri baueri Bauer’s Blue  
Euphilotes baueri orientis ?  
Euphilotes baueri vernalis San Bernardino Mts. Blue  
Euphilotes bernardino bernardino Bernardino Blue  
Euphilotes bernardino inyomontana Desert Mountain Blue  
Euphilotes bernardino minuta ?  
Euphilotes bernardino martini Martin’s Blue  
Euphilotes bernardino  ? Santa Monica Mts. Blue  
Euphilotes bernardino  ? Point Loma Blue  
Euphilotes ellisi ellisi Ellis’ Desert Blue  
Euphilotes ellisi anasazi Anasazi Desert Blue  
Euphilotes ellisi basinensis Great Basin Blue  
Euphilotes ellisi euromojavensis ?  
Euphilotes ellisi avawartz ?  
Euphilotes mojave mojave Mojave Blue  
Euphilotes mojave virginiensis    
Euphilotes enoptes enoptes Dotted Blue  
Euphilotes enoptes bayensis Bay Region Dotted Blue  
Euphilotes enoptes tildeni Tilden’s Dotted Blue  
Euphilotes enoptes arenacola ? Dotted Blue  
Euphilotes enoptes smithi Smith’s Dotted Blue  
Euphilotes enoptes langstoni Langston’s Dotted Blue  
Euphilotes enoptes cryptorufes ?  Dotted Blue  
Euphilotes enoptes aridorum ?  Dotted Blue  
Euphilotes enoptes primavera ?  Dotted BLue  
Euphilotes enoptes dammersi Dammer’s Dotted Blue  
Euphilotes enoptes opacapulla ?  Dotted Blue  
Euphilotes pallescens pallescens Pallid Blue  
Euphilotes pallescens arenamontana ? Pallid Blue  
Euphilotes pallescens elvirae Elvira’s Pallid Blue  
Euphilotes pallescens emmeli Emmel’s Pallid Blue  
Euphilotes pallescens mattonii Mattoni’s Pallid Blue  
Euphilotes pallescens ricei ? Pallid Blue  
Euphilotes pallescens confusa ? Pallid Blue  
Euphilotes pallescens calneva ? Pallid Blue  
Euphilotes spaldingi spaldingi Spalding’s Blue  
Euphilotes spaldingi pinjuna Pinjuna Bllue  
Euphilotes rita rita Rita Blue  
Euphilotes rita coloradensis Colorado Blue  
     
Philotiella speciosa speciosa Small Blue  
Philotiella speciosa bohartorum Bohart’s Blue  
Philotiella speciosa septentrionalis Northern Small Blue  
Philotiella speciosa purisima ?  Small Blue  
Philotiella leona Leona’s Little Blue  
     
Glaucopsyche piasus piasus Arrowhead Blue  
Glaucopsyche piasus sagittigera Southern Arrowhead Blue  
Glaucopsyche piasus umbrosa Smoky Arrowhead Blue  
Glaucopsyche piasus nevada Nevada Arrowhead Blue  
Glaucopsyche piasus excubitus Guardian Arrowhead Blue  
Glaucopsyche piasus toxeuma Brown’s Arrowhead Blue Brown’s Arrowhead Blue
Glaucopsyche piasus gabrielinua San Gabriel Arrowhead Blue  
Glaucopsyche piasus daunia Daunia Arrowhead Blue  
Glaucopsyche lygdamus lygdamus (Georgian) Silvery Blue  
Glaucopsyche lygdamus couperi Couper’s Silvery Blue Couper’s Silvery Blue
Glaucopsyche lygdamus nittanyensis Appalachian Silvery Blue  
Glaucopsyche lygdamus mildredae   Mildred’s Silvery Blue
Glaucopsyche lygdamus afra   Afra (Silvery) Blue
Glaucopsyche lygdamus jacki Jack’s (Silvery) Blue  
Glaucopsyche lygdamus oro Oro (Silvery) Blue  
Glaucopsyche lygdamus arizonensis Arizona Silvery Blue  
Glaucopsyche lygdamus australis Southern (Silvery) Blue  
Glaucopsyche lygdamus incognita Behr’s Silvery Blue  
Glaucopsyche lygdamus paloverdesensis Palos Verdes Blue  
Glaucopsyche lygdamus columbia The Columbia Blue Skinner’s (Silvery) Blue
Glaucopsyche lygdamus sabulosa Sand Dune Silvery Blue  
Glaucopsyche lygdamus pseudoxerces False Xerces (Silvery) Blue  
Glaucopsyche lygdamus deserticola Mojave Silvery Blue  
Glaucopsyche lygdamus minipunctum Mini-spotted Silvery Blue  
Glaucopsyche lygdamus   ?    
Glaucopsyche lygdamus   ?    
Glaucopsyche xerces Xerces Blue  
     
Vaga blackburni Blackburn’s Blue  
     
Lycaeides idas empetri   Crowberry Blue
Lycaeides idas aster   Newfoundland Blue
Lycaeides idas alaskensis   Alaskan Blue
Lycaeides idas scudderi   Scudder’s Blue
Lycaeides idas lotis Lotis Blue  
Lycaeides idas atrapraetextus Dark-edged Blue Dark-edged Blue
Lycaeides idas sublivens Dark (Northern) Blue  
Lycaeides idas longinus Longinus Blue  
Lycaeides idas nobokovi Nabokov’s Blue  
Lycaeides idas azureus ?  Blue  
Lycaeides anna anna Anna Blue  
Lycaeides anna ricei Rice’s Blue Rice’s Blue
Lycaeides anna vancouverensis   ?   Blue
Lycaeides melissa melissa Melissa Blue Melissa Blue
Lycaeides melissa samuelis Karner Blue  
Lycaeides melissa annetta Annetta Blue  
Lycaeides melissa fridayi Friday’s (Melissa) Blue  
Lycaeides melissa paradoxa Orange Margined Blue  
Lycaeides melissa alateres Round-wing Melissa Blue  
     
Plebejus saepiolus saepiolus Greenish Blue  
Plebejus saepiolus amica Amica Blue Amica Blue
Plebejus saepiolus whitmeri Whitmer’s Blue  
Plebejus saepiolus gertschi Gertsch’s Blue  
Plebejus saepiolus insulanus   Vancouver Island Blue
Plebejus saepiolus hilda Hilda Blue  
Plebejus saepiolus albomontanus White Mountains Greenish Blue  
Plebejus saepiolus aureolus ?  Blue  
Plebejus saepiolus littoralis ?  Blue  
Plebejus saepiolus maculosus ?  Blue  
Plebejus saepiolus rufescens Great Basin Greenish Blue  
Plebejus emigdionis San Emigdio Blue  
     
Icaricia icarioides icarioides Boisduval’s Blue  
Icaricia icarioides albihalos White-spotted Blue  
Icaricia icarioides argusmontana Argus Mountains Blue  
Icaricia icarioides atascadero Atascadero Blue  
Icaricia icarioides austinorurm Austin’s Blue  
Icaricia icarioides eosierra Eastern Sierra Blue  
Icaricia icarioides inyo Inyo Boisduval’s Blue  
Icaricia icarioides panamintina Panamint Blue  
Icaricia icarioides helios Helios Blue  
Icaricia icarioides santana Santa Ana Blue  
Icaricia icarioides mintha Mintha Blue  
Icaricia icarioides fulla Fulla Blue  
Icaricia icarioides pembina Pembina Blue Pembina Blue
Icaricia icarioides lycea Lycea Blue  
Icaricia icarioides fenderi Fender’s Blue  
Icaricia icarioides ardea Ardea Blue  
Icaricia icarioides buchholzi Buchholz’s Blue  
Icaricia icarioides blackmorei Blackmore’s Blue Blackmore’s Blue
Icaricia icarioides montis Montis Blue Montis Blue
Icaricia icarioides pardalis Pardalis Blue  
Icaricia icarioides parapheres ?  
Icaricia icarioides pheres Pheres Blue  
Icaricia icarioides missionensis Mission Blue  
Icaricia icarioides moroensis Moro Blue  
Icaricia icarioides evius Evius Blue  
Icaricia shasta shasta Shasta Blue  
Icaricia shasta calchas Calchas Blue  
Icaricia shasta pitkinensis Brown’s Blue  
Icaricia shasta minnehaha Minnehaha Blue  
Icaricia shasta pallidissima Pale Shasta Blue  
Icaricia shasta charlestonensis ?  
Icaricia acmon acmon Acmon Blue  
Icaricia acmon lutzi Lutz’s Blue  
Icaricia acmon dedeckera ?  
Icaricia acmon spangelatus Spangled Blue  
Icaricia acmon texana Texas Blue  
Icaricia lupini lupini Lupine Blue  
Icaricia ? lupini monticola Clemence’s Blue  
Icaricia lupini chlorina The Green Blue  
Icaricia lupini goodpasturei Goodpasture’s Blue  
Icaricia lupini argentata Silvered Lupine Blue  
Icaricia lupini alpicola Alpine Lupine Blue  
Icaricia neurona Orange-veined Blue  
     
Vacciniina optilete optilete   Cranberry Blue
Vacciniina optilete yukona   Yukon Blue
     
Agriades franklinii franklinii   (Canadian) Arctic Blue
Agriades franklinii  ?   Ellesmere Arctic Blue
Agriades rusticus rusticus Rustic Arctic Blue  
Agriades rusticus punctatus Arizona Arctic Blue  
Agriades podarce podarce Sierra Nevada Blue  
Agriades podarce klamathensis Klamath Mountains Blue  
Agriades podarce cilla Cilla Blue  
Agriades megalo megalo Megalo Blue Megalo Blue
Agriades megalo bryanti   Bryant’s Arctic Blue
Agriades megalo ?   (northern Alberta)
Agriades  ?    lacustris   Lake-side Blue
Agriades cassiope cassiope Heather Blue  
Agriades cassiope kelsoni Kelson’s Heather Blue