Sand Mountain blue
| Sand Mountain blue | |
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| Euphilotes pallescens arenamontana | |
Critically Imperiled (NatureServe) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Euphilotes |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | E. p. arenamontana
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| Trinomial name | |
| Euphilotes pallescens arenamontana Austin, 1998
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The Sand Mountain blue (Euphilotes pallescens arenamontana) is a lycaenid butterfly of the "blue" subfamily that is only found around the Sand Mountain Recreation Area near Fallon, Nevada. It is a subspecies of the pallid blue (Euphilotes pallescens).