Callophrys polios: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Callophrys
- Species
- Callophrys polios
- Scientific Name
- Callophrys polios
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Callophrys polios
Callophrys polios, the hoary elfin, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is listed as a species of special concern and believed extirpated in the US state of Connecticut.
The wingspan is 22–29 mm. Adults are on wing from April to June in one generation. The larvae feed on Arctostaphylos uva-ursi and possibly Epigaea repens. The adults feed on flower nectar from various species, including leatherleaf, pyxie, wild strawberry and willow. Hibernation takes place as a chrysalid.
...Callophrys polios in languages:
- English
- Hoary Elfin
- French
- lutin grisâtre
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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
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