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Cyclargus thomasi
Miami blue butterfly (Cyclargus thomasi bethunebakeri), Florida, U.S.A.
Conservation status
Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Cyclargus
Species:	C. thomasi
Binomial name
Cyclargus thomasi (Clench, 1941)
Synonyms
Hemiargus catalina thomasi Clench, 1941

Cyclargus thomasi, known generally as the Thomas's blue, Miami blue or Caribbean blue, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in North America and the West Indies.

The subspecies C. t. bethunebakeri, which is found only in Florida, is known as the Miami blue.

The MONA or Hodges number for Cyclargus thomasi is 4358.

References

1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
2. ^ "Cyclargus thomasi Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
3. "Cyclargus thomasi species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
4. "Cyclargus thomasi". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
5. "Cyclargus thomasi Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
6. "butterflies". www.libraries.psu.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
7. "Miami blue - Cyclargus thomasi bethunbakeri (Comstock & Huntington)". entnemdept.ufl.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
8. "North American Moth Photographers Group, Cyclargus thomasi". Retrieved 2018-05-05.

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.

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