Callophrys fotis
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Callophrys |
Species: | C. fotis
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Binomial name | |
Callophrys fotis (Strecker, 1878)
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Subspecies | |
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Callophrys fotis is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, the gossamer-winged butterflies. It is known by several common names, including early elfin, desert elfin, Fotis hairstreak, Strecker's elfin, and Arizona gray elfin.[1] It is native to the southwestern United States, where it occurs in southeastern California, Nevada, Utah, western Colorado, northern Arizona, and northwestern New Mexico.[1]
This butterfly has a wingspan of 19 to 28 millimeters.[2][1]
Subspecies
[edit]Subspecies include:[3]
- Callophrys fotis fotis
- Callophrys fotis mojavensis (Austin, 1998)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Callophrys fotis. Archived 2014-09-16 at the Wayback Machine Invertebrate Abstracts. Arizona Game and Fish Department.
- ^ Callophrys fotis. Butterflies and Moths of North America.
- ^ Callophrys fotis. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)