Bernardino blue
Euphilotes bernardino
The Bernardino blue is a small butterfly from North America. It belongs to the blues, a family of little butterflies that are often blue on top. It comes in four slightly different kinds in different places.
Lives in
North America
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. It is a butterfly and cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Like other butterflies, the grown-up drinks sweet nectar from flowers.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Bernardino blue about 15 km/h (9.3 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Scientists know four different kinds of it, called subspecies.
2
A butterfly called the El Segundo blue was once thought to be one of its kinds, but now it counts as its own species.
3
Two scientists, William Barnes and James McDunnough, first described it in 1916.
you asked
Most asked questions about Bernardino blue
?Where does the Bernardino blue live?
In North America.
?Is the Bernardino blue dangerous?
No. It is a small, harmless butterfly.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Euphilotes bernardino
- Named by
- Barnes & McDunnough, 1916
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Lycaenidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Euphilotes bernardino (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Nick Block. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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