El Segundo Blue (Euphilotes allyni)

El Segundo Blue, a reference photo — Photo: Pacific Southwest Region USFWS from Sacramento, US · Public domain

The El Segundo blue (Euphilotes allyni) is an endangered species of butterfly. It is endemic to a small dune ecosystem in Southern California that used to be a community called Palisades del Rey, close to the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of El Segundo Blue being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Euphilotes bernardino
Euphilotes heracleoides
Euphilotes enoptes
Euphilotes ellisii
Euphilotes glaucon

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Euphilotes
Species: Euphilotes allyni

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