Species: Callophrys augustinus
Brown Elfin
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mandibulata
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Lycaenidae
Genus
Callophrys
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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.
Ecology and Life History
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.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2009-08-16
Global Status Last Changed
1998-09-01
Distribution
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)