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Callophrys dumetorum (Coastal Green Hairstreak)

Synonyms: Callophrys dumetorum viridis; Thecla dumetorum; Thecla viridis (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Coastal Green Hairstreak, Bramble Green Hairstreak, or Bluish Green Hairstreak (Callophrys dumetorum) is butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in coastal California and rarely in inland California. Subspecies oregonensis is known as the Oregon Green Hairstreak. The wingspan is 25–32 mm. Adults are on wing from March to May in one generation. Larvae have been recorded on Lotus scoparius, Eriogonum fasciculatum, Eriogonum latifolium, and Eriogonum nudum. Adults feed on flower nectar.
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Infraspecies

Callophrys dumetorum dumetorum
Callophrys dumetorum oregonensis
Callophrys dumetorum perplexa

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♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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