Callophrys augustinus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Eumaeini
Genus: Callophrys
Subgenus: Callophrys (Incisalia)
Species: Callophrys augustinus
Subspecies: (6) per Butterflies of America.
C. a. annetteae – C. a. augustinus – C. a. concava – C. a. croesioides – C. a. helenae – C. a. iroides
Name

Callophrys augustinus Westwood, 1852.

Type locality: Canada, Fawcett, Alta, North of Edmonton.

Neotype: (augustus Kirby), images.
Synonymy

Thecla augustus Kirby, 1837: 298, pl.3 figs 4,5. Invalid preocc.
Thecla augustinus Westwood, 1852: 486. Replacement name.
Incisalia augustinus (Westwood); Emmel, Emmel & Mattoon, 1998: 10.
Callophrys augustinus (Westwood); Lamas, 2004: 126.

References

Emmel, T., Emmel, J. & Mattoon, S., 1998. The Types of Californian Butterflies Named by Boisduval... In Systematics of Western North American Butterflies. 2: 3-78. Reference page.
Kirby, W. 1837. The insects. In: Richardson J. (Ed.), Fauna boreali-Americana; or the zoology of the northern parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions, under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, RN. Part 4. J. Fletcher, Norwich; 325 + [2] pp., 8 pls. BHL Reference page.
Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page.
Westwood, J.O. [1851]. In Doubleday, E. & Westwood, J. O., 1850–1852: The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera Vol.2. pp.251–534, pls.31–80 + suppl.pl. London. text, plates. Reference page.

Links

BoA
Callophrys augustinus – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names
English: Brown Elfin

Callophrys augustinus, the brown elfin, is butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from Newfoundland north and west through the northern United States and the prairie provinces to Alaska. To the south it ranges in Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia and northern Alabama, further south through the western mountains to northern Baja California in Mexico.[3] Subspecies iroides is known as the western elfin.

The wingspan is 22–29 mm. Adults are on wing from early May to early June in one generation.[4] They feed on flower nectar from various species, including Vaccinium, Sanicula arctopoides, Lindera, Salix, Barbarea and Prunus americana.

The larvae feed on Ericaceae species, including Vaccinium vacillans and Ledum groenlandicum in the east. They feed on a wide variety of plants in the west, including Arbutus and Cuscuta species. They feed on the flowers and fruits of their host plant. Pupation takes place in the litter at the base of the host plant. Hibernation takes place in the pupal stage.
Subspecies

Callophrys augustinus augustinus
Callophrys augustinus helenae (dos Passos, 1943) (Newfoundland)
Callophrys augustinus croesioides (Scudder, 1876)
Callophrys augustinus iroides (Boisduval, 1852) (British Columbia to California)
Callophrys augustinus annettae (dos Passos, 1943) (New Mexico)
Callophrys augustinus concava Austin, 1998 (Nevada)

References

"NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Callophrys augustinus Brown Elfin". explorer.natureserve.org. Archived from the original on 31 March 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
Incisalia at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
"Butterflies and Moths of North America". Archived from the original on 2012-08-26. Retrieved 2011-06-29.
Schmidt, B. C. "Species Details Callophrys augustinus". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Archived from the original on November 17, 2020. Retrieved November 8, 2020.