Brown Elfin

Callophrys augustinus

Summary 2

Callophrys augustinus, the brown elfin, is butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found from Newfoundland north and west through the northern United States and the prairie provinces to Alaska. To the south it ranges in Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia and northern Alabama, further south through the western mountains to northern Baja California in Mexico. Subspecies iroides is known as the western elfin.

Fontes e Créditos

  1. (c) Bill Bouton, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/8086030@N03/5083732491
  2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callophrys_augustinus

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