Callophrys avis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Callophrys
- Species
- Callophrys avis
- Scientific Name
- Callophrys avis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Callophrys avis
Callophrys avis, the Chapman's green hairstreak is a small butterfly found in the Palearctic (Southwest Europe, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia) that belongs to the blues family. The males and females of this little butterfly are identical. The underside of the wings is green, the upperside is greyish brown. The green verso is marked by a mediodiscal white line that differentiates this species from Callophrys rubi. The larva feeds on Coriaria myrtifolia, Arbutus unedo, Salvia verbenaca, Viburnum tinus.
...Callophrys avis in languages:
- Catalan
- Verdeta d'ull ros
- Dutch
- Aardbeiboomgroentje
- English
- Chapman's Green Hairstreak
- French
- Thècle de l'Arbousier
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Callophrys affinis
- Callophrys augustinus
- Callophrys avis
- Callophrys butlerovi
- Callophrys chalybeitincta
- Callophrys danchenkoi
- Callophrys dospassosi
- Callophrys dumetorum
- Callophrys eryphon
- Callophrys estela
- Callophrys fotis
- Callophrys gryneus
- Callophrys guatemalena
- Callophrys henrici
- Callophrys herculeana
- Callophrys hesseli
- Callophrys irus
- Callophrys johnsoni
- Callophrys lanoraieensis
- Callophrys loki
- Callophrys mcfarlandi
- Callophrys mossii
- Callophrys muiri
- Callophrys mystaphia
- Callophrys niphon
- Callophrys paulae
- Callophrys polios
- Callophrys rubi
- Callophrys scaphia
- Callophrys sheridanii
- Callophrys spinetorum
- Callophrys suaveola
- Callophrys succuba
- Callophrys viridis
- Callophrys xami
- Mitoura grynea








































































