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Callophrys affinis (Western Green Hairstreak)

Synonyms: Callophrys dumetorum affinis; Thecla affinis

Wikipedia Abstract

The Western Green Hairstreak or Immaculate Green Hairstreak (Callophrys affinis) is butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in western Canada and the western USA. The wingspan is 20 to 28 mm. Adults are on the wing from early March and mid-June in the one adult generation. The larvae feed on Eriogonum umbellatum.
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Infraspecies

Callophrys affinis affinis (Western Green Hairstreak affinis)
Callophrys affinis albipalpis
Callophrys affinis homoperplexa
Callophrys affinis washingtonia

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  0.945 inches (.024 m)

Prey / Diet

Eriogonum flavum (alpine golden buckwheat)[2]
Eriogonum umbellatum (sulfer flower buckwheat)[2]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
♦ 2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0