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Philotes
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Philotes

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.

Their habitat consists of rocky washes, outcrops, and cliffs in deserts. These habitats are associated with succulent host plants of the genus Dudleya (of the family Crassulaceae).

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1 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Sonoran Blue

speciesPhilotes sonorensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 59154.