Callophrys polios

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
Species: Callophrys polios
Subspecies: (3) per Pelham, 2017.
C. p. maritima – C. p. obscurus – C. p. polios

Callophrys polios (Cook & Watson, 1907).

Type locality: “Lakewood, N. J.” [Ocean County, New Jersey, USA]

Paratype: ♀ SDNHM, 4.v.1906 #7135, images.

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.
Cook, J.H. & Watson, F.E., 1907. A new Butterfly of the Genus Incisalia. The Canadian Entomologist 39(6): 202-204. BHL. Reference page.
Emmel, J.F., Emmel, T.C. & Mattoon, S., 1998. "Incisalia polia": A New Species Record for California, with Description of a New Maritime Subspecies (Lep., Lycaenidae). In Systematics of Western North American Butterflies. 69: 811-814. Reference page.
Pelham, J.P., 2017. A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada. Butterflies of America. Web Reference page.

English: Hoary Elfin