# Cyclargus thomasi

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{{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](/source/Harry_Kendon_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](/source/species) of [butterfly](/source/butterfly) in the family [Lycaenidae](/source/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](/source/subspecies) ''[C. t. bethunebakeri](/source/Cyclargus_thomasi_bethunebakeri)'', which is found only in [Florida](/source/Florida), is known as the [Miami blue](/source/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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