Species
Callophrys eryphon (Western pine elfin)
Callophrys eryphon. Photo: (c) Bill Bouton, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
The western pine elfin (Callophrys eryphon) is a North American butterfly that ranges from British Columbia east to Maine and south to southern California, Arizona, and New Mexico. Males are brown and females are orange-brown, with both having bold patterned hind wings. The top of the wings have dark bars with a lighter chevron shaped margin. The body is 19–32 mm in length and has no tail.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths)
- Superfamily: Papilionoidea (Butterflies)
- Family: Lycaenidae (Gossamer-winged butterflies)
- Subfamily: Theclinae (Hairstreaks)
- Tribe: Eumaeini
- Subtribe: Callophryidina
- Genus: Callophrys (Green hairstreaks)
- Subgenus: Incisalia
- Species: Callophrys eryphon (Western pine elfin)
- Subgenus: Incisalia
- Genus: Callophrys (Green hairstreaks)
- Subtribe: Callophryidina
- Tribe: Eumaeini
- Subfamily: Theclinae (Hairstreaks)
- Family: Lycaenidae (Gossamer-winged butterflies)
- Superfamily: Papilionoidea (Butterflies)
- Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)












