Callophrys spinetorum: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Callophrys
- Species
- Callophrys spinetorum
- Scientific Name
- Callophrys spinetorum
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Callophrys spinetorum
Callophrys spinetorum, the thicket hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1867. It is found in North America from British Columbia through the Rocky Mountains to New Mexico and Mexico and through California to Baja California. The habitat consists of pinyon-juniper forests, mixed woodlands, and coniferous forests.
The wingspan is 25–32 mm. Adults are on wing from May to August in one generation per year. They feed on flower nectar.
The larvae feed on Arceuthobium species.
...Callophrys spinetorum in languages:
- English
- Thicket Hairstreak
- French
- porte-queue du faux gui
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Callophrys affinis
- Callophrys augustinus
- Callophrys avis
- Callophrys butlerovi
- Callophrys chalybeitincta
- Callophrys danchenkoi
- Callophrys dospassosi
- Callophrys dumetorum
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- Callophrys estela
- Callophrys fotis
- Callophrys gryneus
- Callophrys guatemalena
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- 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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