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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters (Lycaenidae) » Hairstreaks (Theclinae) » Eumaeini » Callophrys » Juniper Hairstreak - Hodges#4318 (Callophrys gryneus) » nr. chalcosiva - Columbia Basin Juniper Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus nr. chalcosiva - Columbia Basin Juniper Hairstreak)

nr. chalcosiva - Columbia Basin Juniper Hairstreak

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food
Elfin? - Callophrys gryneus Some butterflies and skippers from Warner Pass - Callophrys gryneus - female Is this a Juniper Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus)? - Callophrys gryneus - female Hairstreak? from Warner Pass - Callophrys gryneus
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)
Family Lycaenidae (Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters)
Subfamily Theclinae (Hairstreaks)
Tribe Eumaeini
Genus Callophrys
Species gryneus (Juniper Hairstreak - Hodges#4318)
No Taxon nr. chalcosiva - Columbia Basin Juniper Hairstreak
Explanation of Names
Was formerly known as subspecies barryi K. Johnson 1976, but there was confusion regarding the type locality of that subspecies. Originally it was stated as from Union County Oregon, but is now cited as Union Mills, Clackamas County, Oregon; making the name barryi a synonym of the name plicataria K. Johnson 1976.
Range
Eastward from the Cascades in the s. Columbia Basin in se. British Columbia, e. Washington, and e. Oregon. Divisions from surrounding subspecies are not clearly defined and are somewhat geographically nebulous.
Food
Larval host: recorded as Juniperus species
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 12 August, 2011 - 10:58pm
Additional contributions by David Ferguson
Last updated 17 November, 2013 - 2:47pm

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