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Callophrys lanoraieensis

Callophrys lanoraieensis, the bog elfin, is a species of Lycaenidae that is native to North America.

Bog elfin
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Callophrys
Species:
C. lanoraieensis
Binomial name
Callophrys lanoraieensis
(Sheppard, 1934)
Synonyms
  • Incisalia lanoraieensis Sheppard, 1934

Description edit

The wingspan ranges from 16 to 19 mm (0.63 to 0.75 in).[1] It is a dull brown and tailless.[1]

The caterpillars eat black spruce (Picea mariana).[1]

Range edit

They range from eastern New Hampshire through coastal Maine north to New Brunswick. Isolated populations in eastern Ontario, southern Quebec, Nova Scotia, and Maine, and rare in New York and Massachusetts. Within this range they tend to black spruce and tamarack bogs.[2]

Similar species edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Bog Elfin, Butterflies of Canada
  2. ^ Bog Elfin, Butterflies and moths of North America


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