Cyclargus thomasi

{{Short description|Species of butterfly}} {{Speciesbox | genus = Cyclargus | species = thomasi | image = Miami Blue.jpg | image_caption = Miami blue butterfly (''Cyclargus thomasi bethunebakeri''), Florida, U.S.A. | authority = (Clench, 1941) | status = G4 | status_system = TNC | status_ref = <ref>{{cite web |title=NatureServe Explorer 2.0 |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.110493/Cyclargus_thomasi |website=explorer.natureserve.org |access-date=2 May 2022}}</ref> | synonyms = {{Species list | Hemiargus catalina thomasi | Clench, 1941 }} | synonyms_ref = <ref name=itis/> }}

'''''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.<ref name=itis/><ref name=catlife/><ref name=gbif/><ref name=bugref/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.libraries.psu.edu/nabokov/dzbutt3.htm|title=butterflies|website=www.libraries.psu.edu|access-date=2019-03-16}}</ref>

The subspecies ''C. t. bethunebakeri'', which is found only in Florida, is known as the Miami blue.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/bfly/miami_blue.htm|title=Miami blue - Cyclargus thomasi bethunbakeri (Comstock & Huntington)|website=entnemdept.ufl.edu|access-date=2019-03-16}}</ref>

The MONA or Hodges number for ''Cyclargus thomasi'' is 4358.<ref name=mpg/>

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=itis> {{Cite web| title=''Cyclargus thomasi'' Report | url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=777917 | website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System | access-date=2018-05-05 }}</ref> <ref name=mpg> {{Cite web| title=North American Moth Photographers Group, Cyclargus thomasi | url=http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=4358 | access-date=2018-05-05 }}</ref> <ref name=catlife> {{Cite web| title=''Cyclargus thomasi'' species details | url=http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/a86c99dc42e0032c4560128845253f08 | website=Catalogue of Life | access-date=2018-05-05 }}</ref> <ref name=gbif> {{Cite web| title=''Cyclargus thomasi'' | url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1927302 | website=GBIF | access-date=2018-05-05 }}</ref> <ref name=bugref> {{Cite web| title=''Cyclargus thomasi'' Species Information | url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/6022 | website=BugGuide.net | access-date=2018-05-05 }}</ref> }}

==Further reading== {{refbegin}} * {{Cite report | title = Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico | date = 2016 | last1 = Pohl | first1 = Greg | last2 = Patterson | first2 = Bob | last3 = Pelham | first3 = Jonathan | url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/302570819 | doi = 10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287| doi-access = free }} {{refend}}

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