Buckwheat-blue

Guides

• Euphilotes glaucon

  Glaucon Blue

  Euphilotes glaucon is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, commonly known as the Glaucon Blue. It is currently treated as a synonym of Euphilotes battoides (square-spotted blue or buckwheat blue) by some authorities. The species occurs in western North America and is associated with buckwheat plants as larval hosts.

  Lycaenidaebutterflywestern-North-Americabuckwheat-bluesynonympollinatorherbivoreEriogonumglaucopsyche-groupblue-butterfly