Species: Callophrys augustinus

Brown Elfin
Species
    Kingdom
    Animalia
    Phylum
    Mandibulata
    Class

    Insecta

    Order

    Lepidoptera

    Family

    Lycaenidae

    Genus

    Callophrys

    Classification
    Other Global Common Names
    lutin brun
    Informal Taxonomy
    Animals, Invertebrates - Insects - Butterflies and Moths - Butterflies and Skippers
    Formal Taxonomy
    Animalia - Mandibulata - Insecta - Lepidoptera - Lycaenidae - Callophrys - is preoccupied.
    Short General Description
    Butterfly, Lycaenidae.
    Migration
    false - false - false
    Non-migrant
    false
    Locally Migrant
    false
    Food Comments
    Ericaceae only in much of range. Generally lowbush blueberry or other low heaths eastward. Also mountain laurel in Ohio (Iftner, et al., 1992) and observed with this in Connecticut by Schweitzer and others. Does not normally use highbush blueberry. West of the Rockies also other families.
    NatureServe Global Status Rank
    G5
    Global Status Last Reviewed
    2009-08-16
    Global Status Last Changed
    1998-09-01
    Conservation Status Map
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    Global Range
    H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - Newfoundland north and west to Alaska; thence south to Cali- fornia, New Mexico, Michigan, and Georgia.
    Global Range Code
    H
    Global Range Description
    >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)
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