Callophrys niphon

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Eumaeini
Genus: Callophrys
Subgenus: Incisalia
Species: Callophrys niphon
Subspecies: (2) per Pelham, 2017.
C. n. clarki – C. n. niphon

Callophrys niphon
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

Name

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Callophrys niphon (Hübner, 1823).

Type locality: “Florida”.

Types: "Probably lost" (Pelham, 2017).

Synonymy

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  • Lycus niphon Hübner, [1819]: 74; 1823: pl.36, figs 203♀, 204♀.
  • Thecla niphon (Hübner); Kirby, 1871: 399.
  • Callophrys niphon (Hübner); Clench, 1961: 204.
  • Incisalia niphon (Hübner); Bridges, 1988: I.246; 1994: VIII.327.
  • Callophrys niphon niphon (Hübner); Pelham, 2017: #487a.

References

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Vernacular names

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English: Eastern Pine Elfin