Callophrys

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Callophrys
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Suborder: Ditrysia Superfamily: Papilionoidea Family: Lycaenidae Genus: Callophrys Billberg, 1820
species
See text.

The genus Callophrys consists of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

[edit] Partial list of species

• Callophrys affinis (Edwards, 1862), Western Green Hairstreak
• Callophrys affinis perplexa, California green hairstreak
• Callophrys amphichloros (Cabeau, 1923)
• Callophrys androflavus (Capuse, 1963)
• Callophrys apama (Edwards, 1882)
• Callophrys augustinus, Brown Elfin
• Callophrys avis (Chapman, 1909)
• Callophrys barraguei (Dujardin, 1972)
• Callophrys bipunctata (Tutt, 1907)
• Callophrys borelis (Krulikovski, 1890)
• Callophrys brunnea (Tutt, 1907)
• Callophrys caecus (Fourcroy, 1785)
• Callophrys caerulescens (Bang-Haas, 1912)
• Callophrys chalybeitincta (Sovinsky, 1905)
• Callophrys cinerascens (Rebel, 1909)
• Callophrys comstocki (Henne, 1941)
• Callophrys connexa (Tutt, 1907)
• Callophrys davisi (Watson & Comstock, 1920)
• Callophrys dumetorum (Boisduval, 1852), Bramble Hairstreak
• Callophrys eryphron (Boisduval, 1852), Western Pine Elfin
• Callophrys fervida (Staudinger, 1901)
• Callophrys fotis (Strecker, 1877)
• Callophrys foulquieri (Rivertigat, 1915)
• Callophrys gryneus or Mitoura gryneus (Hübner, 1816), Juniper Hairstreak
• Callophrys gryneus siva, Siva Juniper Hairstreak
• Callophrys henrici, Henry's Elfin, Henry's Hairstreak
• Callophrys herculeana (Pfeiffer, 1927)
• Callophrys hesseli or Mitoura hesseli (Rawson & Ziegler, 1950), Hessel's Hairstreak
• Callophrys homoperplexa (Barnes & Benjamin, 1923)
• Callophrys irus, Frosted Elfin Hairstreak
• Callophrys lanoraieensis, Bog Elfin
• Callophrys mossii, Moss' Elfin
• Callophrys mossii bayensis, San Bruno elfin butterfly
• Callophrys niphon, Eastern Pine Elfin
• Callophrys polios, Hoary Elfin
• Callophrys rosneri or Mitoura rosneri (Johnson, 1976), Rosner's Hairstreak, Cedar Hairstreak
• Callophrys rubi (Linnaeus, 1758), Green Hairstreak
• Callophrys sheridanii, Sheridan's Hairstreak
• Callophrys spinetorum or Mitoura spinetorum(Hewitson, 1867), Thicket Hairstreak
• Callophrys xami or Xamia xami (Reakirt, 1866), Xami Hairstreak
• Callophrys washingtonia (Clench, 1945)