Callophrys augustinus

Callophrys augustinus

Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Callophrys
Species:
C. augustinus
Binomial name
Callophrys augustinus
(Westwood, 1852)[2]
Synonyms
  • Incisalia augustinus (Westwood, 1852)
  • Thecla augustinus Westwood, 1852
  • Thecla augustus Kirby, 1837 (preocc. Fabricius, 1793)
  • Deciduphagus augustinus
  • Thecla iroides Boisduval, 1852
  • Thecla iroides var. immaculata Cockle, 1910 (preocc. Fuchs, 1891)
  • Incisalia iroides

Callophrys augustinus, the brown elfin, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae, found from Alaska to northern Mexico. One of its subspecies, C. augustinus iroides, is known as the western elfin.

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Callophrys augustinus Brown Elfin". explorer.natureserve.org. Archived from the original on 31 March 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  2. ^ Incisalia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms