Callophrys affinis

Western Green Hairstreak
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Eumaeini
Genus: Callophrys
Species: C. augustinus
Binomial name
Callophrys augustinus
(W.H. Edwards, 1862)[1]
Synonyms
  • Thecla affinis Edwards, 1862
  • Thecla apama Edwards, 1882
  • Callophrys apama r. homoperplexa Barnes & Benjamin, 1923

The Western Green Hairstreak or Immaculate Green Hairstreak (Callophrys affinis) is butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in western Canada and the western USA.

The wingspan is 20 to 28 mm.[1] Adults are on the wing from early March and mid-June in the one adult generation.[1]

The larvae feed on Eriogonum umbellatum.[2]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.[2]

References


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