Callophrys mossii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola 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: Incisalia
Species: Callophrys mossii
Subspecies: (7) per Pelham, 2017 #482.
C. m. bayensis – C. m. doudoroffi – C. m. hidakupa – C. m. marinensis – C. m. mossii – C. m. schryveri – C. m. windi

Name

Callophrys mossii (Edwards, 1881)

Type locality: “Esquimault, Vancouver Island“ [British Columbia]

Holotype: ♂ AMNH.

Synonymy

• Thecla irus mossii (var.) Edwards, 1881: 54.
• Incisalia mossi [sic] (Edwards); Dyar, 1903: 39.
• Incisalia fotis mossii (Edwards); Clench, 1961: 203.
• Deciduphagus mossii (Edwards); Bridges, 1994: VIII.311.
• Incisalia mossii (Edwards); Emmel, Emmel & Mattoon, 1998: 162.
• Callophrys mossii mossii (Edwards); Pelham, 2017: #482b

References

• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Clench, H. in Ehrlich, P. & Ehrlich, A., 1961. How to Know the Butterflies Wm.C. Brown Co., Dubuque, Iowa. v + 262pp., 525 figs. PDF Reference page. 
• Dyar, H. G. [1903]. A List of North American Lepidoptera and Key to the Literature of this Order of Insects. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 52: i–xix, 1–723. BHL. Reference page. 
• Edwards, H. 1881. On Some Apparently New Forms of Diurnal Lepidoptera. Papilio 1(4): 50–55. BHL. Reference page. 
• Emmel, J., Emmel, T. & Mattoon, S., 1998. New Theclinae Subspecies of Lycaenidae from California,... In Systematics of Western North American Butterflies. 13: 159-170. Reference page. 
• Pelham, J.P., 2017. A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada. Butterflies of America. Web Reference page. 

Links

• BoA

Vernacular names

English: Moss' Elfin, Stonecrop Elfin, Schryver's Elfin