El Segundo blue butterfly
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| El Segundo blue butterfly Conservation status: Endangered | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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.
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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 (http://www.doylegroup.harvard.edu/~carlo/JRL/29/PDF/29-277.pdf)
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