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Green elfin - Callophrys affinis
Copyright © 2009 Tom Bentley

Green elfin - Callophrys affinis
Hot Sulphur Springs State Wildlife Area, Grand County, Colorado, USA
June 28, 2009
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Contributed by Tom Bentley on 21 July, 2009 - 9:57pm
Last updated 22 July, 2009 - 8:47pm

Moved
Moved from Callophrys.
… Tom Bentley, 22 July, 2009 - 8:47pm login or register to post comments

looks like
Callophrys affinis ssp. affinis

See here for some good comparison photos.

The "greenies" are really frustrating, and I'm not sure the current resorting is better than old schemes. These seem to need a lot more work to sort them out completely. Luckily this particular one hasn't been fooled around with much.

C. "sheridanii" paradoxa is very similar, but this one looks browner on top than that subspecies, and that occurs in a very different environment (though not too far to the southwest). I am not convinced that paradoxa belongs with sheridanii, but that's another topic.
… David J. Ferguson, 22 July, 2009 - 7:28pm login or register to post comments

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