Philotes sonorensis

Philotes sonorensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Philotes; Scudder, 1876
Species:	P. sonorensis
Binomial name
	Philotes sonorensis; (C. & R. Felder, [1865])
Synonyms
	Lycaena sonorensis C. & R. Felder, [1865]; Lycaena regia Boisduval, 1869; Philotes sonorensis ab. sonoralba Watson & Comstock, 1920; Philotes sonorensis f. comstocki Gunder, 1925;

Philotes is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Philotes is a monotypic genus containing only Philotes sonorensis, the Sonoran blue or stonecrop blue, found in North America in California and Baja California.^[2] The habitat consists of rocky washes, outcrops and cliffs in deserts.^[3]

The wingspan is 22–25 mm.^[2]

The larvae feed on Dudleya species, including D. cymosa, D. lanceolata and D. saxosa. They bore into the leaves of their host plant. Chrysalids hibernate under stones.^[3]

Taxonomy

Molecular phylogeny reconstructed a tree of the genus Pseudophilotes and identified a clade of Philotes sonorensis and Scolitantides orion as the closest relatives.^[4]

Subspecies

Philotes sonorensis sonorensis
†Philotes sonorensis extincta Mattoni, 1989 (upper San Gabriel river wash in southern California). This population in the San Gabriel Mountains was sampled annually for three decades leading to its disappearance in 1970. It was recognized nearly two decades later as a sub-species.^[5]

References

^ Philotes at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
^ ^a ^b Butterflies and Moths of North America
^ ^a ^b "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org.
^ Todisco, Valentina; Grill, Andrea; Fiedler, Konrad; Gottsberger, Brigitte; Dincă, Vlad; Vodă, Raluca; Lukhtanov, Vladimir; Letsch, Harald (December 2018). "Molecular phylogeny of the Palaearctic butterfly genus Pseudophilotes (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with focus on the Sardinian endemic P. barbagiae". BMC Zoology. 3 (1): 4. doi:10.1186/s40850-018-0032-7. ISSN 2056-3132.
^ Lucas, Amy M.; Scholl, Cynthia F.; Murphy, Dennis D.; Tracy, C. Richard; Forister, Matthew L. (July 2014). Leather, Simon R.; DeVries, Phil (eds.). "Geographic distribution, habitat association, and host quality for one of the most geographically restricted butterflies in North America: Thorne's hairstreak ( Mitoura thornei )". Insect Conservation and Diversity. 7 (4): 343–354. doi:10.1111/icad.12057. S2CID 86036029.

External links

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Data related to Philotes sonorensis at Wikispecies

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[1] Philotes at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera

[BAMONA-2] Butterflies and Moths of North America

[:0-3] "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org.

[4] Todisco, Valentina; Grill, Andrea; Fiedler, Konrad; Gottsberger, Brigitte; Dincă, Vlad; Vodă, Raluca; Lukhtanov, Vladimir; Letsch, Harald (December 2018). "Molecular phylogeny of the Palaearctic butterfly genus Pseudophilotes (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with focus on the Sardinian endemic P. barbagiae". BMC Zoology. 3 (1): 4. doi:10.1186/s40850-018-0032-7. ISSN 2056-3132.

[5] Lucas, Amy M.; Scholl, Cynthia F.; Murphy, Dennis D.; Tracy, C. Richard; Forister, Matthew L. (July 2014). Leather, Simon R.; DeVries, Phil (eds.). "Geographic distribution, habitat association, and host quality for one of the most geographically restricted butterflies in North America: Thorne's hairstreak ( Mitoura thornei )". Insect Conservation and Diversity. 7 (4): 343–354. doi:10.1111/icad.12057. S2CID 86036029.

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