| Sand Mountain blue | |
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| Euphilotes pallescens arenamontana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Euphilotes |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | E. p. arenamontana
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| Trinomial name | |
| Euphilotes pallescens arenamontana Austin, 1998
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The Sand Mountain blue (Euphilotes pallescens arenamontana) is a lycaenid butterfly of the "blue" subfamily that is only found around the Sand Mountain Recreation Area near Fallon, Nevada.[2] It is a subspecies of the pallid blue (Euphilotes pallescens).
- ^ NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Explorer: An online encyclopedia of life [web application]. Version 7.1. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available http://explorer.natureserve.org/servlet/NatureServe?sourceTemplate=tabular_report.wmt&loadTemplate=species_RptComprehensive.wmt&selectedReport=RptComprehensive.wmt&summaryView=tabular_report.wmt&elKey=121198&paging=home&save=true&startIndex=1&nextStartIndex=1&reset=false&offPageSelectedElKey=121198&offPageSelectedElType=species&offPageYesNo=true&post_processes=&radiobutton=radiobutton&selectedIndexes=121198 . (Accessed: September 27, 2017 ).
- ^ "Sand Mountain Blue Butterfly". Nevada Fish and Wildlife Office. Retrieved 2007-03-24.