Callophrys augustinus

Callophrys augustinus

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

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.

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