Callophrys polios

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Eumaeini
Genus: Callophrys
Species: Callophrys polios
Subspecies: (3) per Pelham, 2017.
C. p. maritima – C. p. obscurus – C. p. polios

Name

Callophrys polios (Cook & Watson, 1907).

Type locality: “Lakewood, N. J.” [Ocean County, New Jersey, USA]

Paratype: ♀ SDNHM , 4.v.1906 #7135, images.

Synonymy

  • Incisalia polios Cook & Watson, 1907: 202; Emmel et al, 1998: 811.
  • Deciduphagus polios (Cook & Watson); Bridges, 1994: VIII.377.
  • Incisalia polia [sic] Cook & Watson; Emmel et al, 1998: 811.
  • Callophrys polios polios (Cook & Watson); Pelham, 2017: #483a.

References

  • Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
  • Cook, J.H. & Watson, F.E., 1907. A new Butterfly of the Genus Incisalia. The Canadian Entomologist 39(6): 202-204. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Emmel, J.F., Emmel, T.C. & Mattoon, S., 1998. "Incisalia polia": A New Species Record for California, with Description of a New Maritime Subspecies (Lep., Lycaenidae). In Systematics of Western North American Butterflies. 69: 811-814. Reference page. 
  • Pelham, J.P., 2017. A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada. Butterflies of America. Web Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Hoary Elfin
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