Callophrys

The genus Callophrys consists of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is apparently not monophyletic, but which ones of the taxa currently considered junior synonyms of Callophrys are actually valid genera remains to be determined.

The Old World members of this genus are commonly known as green hairstreaks, while the North American ones are called elfins.

Species and notable subspecies

Listed alphabetically within groups.^[1][2]

• Callophrys affinis (Edwards, 1862) – Western Green Hairstreak, Immaculate Green Hairstreak
  • Callophrys affinis perplexa – California Green Hairstreak
• Callophrys amphichloros (Cabeau, 1923)
• Callophrys androflavus (Capuse, 1963)
• Callophrys apama (Edwards, 1882) – Canyon Green Hairstreak
• Callophrys avis Chapman, 1909 – Chapman's Green Hairstreak
• Callophrys barraguei (Dujardin, 1972)
• Callophrys bipunctata (Tutt, 1907)
• Callophrys borelis (Krulikovski, 1890)
• Callophrys brunnea (Tutt, 1907)
• Callophrys caecus (Fourcroy, 1785)
• Callophrys caerulescens (Bang-Haas, 1912)
• Callophrys chalybeitincta (Sovinsky, 1905)
• Callophrys cinerascens (Rebel, 1909)
• Callophrys comstocki (Henne, 1941)
• Callophrys connexa (Tutt, 1907)
• Callophrys davisi (Watson & Comstock, 1920)
• Callophrys dumetorum (Boisduval, 1852) – Bramble Hairstreak, Coastal Green Hairstreak, Bluish Green Hairstreak
• Callophrys fervida (Staudinger, 1901)
• Callophrys foulquieri (Rivertigat, 1915)
• Callophrys gryneus (Hübner, 1819) – Juniper Hairstreak
  • Callophrys gryneus siva – Siva Juniper Hairstreak
• Callophrys herculeana (Pfeiffer, 1927)
• Callophrys homoperplexa (Barnes & Benjamin, 1923)
• Callophrys mcfarlandi (Clench & Ehrlich, 1960)
• Callophrys rubi (Linnaeus, 1758) – Green Hairstreak
• Callophrys sheridanii W. H. Edwards, 1877 – Sheridan's Hairstreak, White-lined Green Hairstreak
• Callophrys washingtonia (Clench, 1945)

Incisalia group

• Callophrys augustinus (Westwood, 1852) – Brown Elfin
• Callophrys eryphon (Boisduval, 1852) – Western Pine Elfin
• Callophrys fotis (Strecker, 1877)
• Callophrys henrici (Grote& Robinson, 1867) – Henry's Elfin, Henry's Hairstreak
• Callophrys irus (Godart, [1824]) – Frosted Elfin Hairstreak
• Callophrys lanoraieensis (Sheppard, 1934) – Bog Elfin
• Callophrys mossii (Hy. Edwards, 1881) – Moss's Elfin
  • Callophrys mossii bayensis – San Bruno Elfin butterfly
• Callophrys niphon (Hübner, [1823]) – Eastern Pine Elfin
• Callophrys polios (Cook & Watson, 1907) – Hoary Elfin

Mitoura group

• Callophrys gryneus (Hübner, [1819]) – Juniper Hairstreak^[3]
• Callophrys hesseli (Rawson & Ziegler, 1950) – Hessel's Hairstreak
• Callophrys rosneri (Johnson, 1976) – Rosner's Hairstreak, Cedar Hairstreak^[4]
• Callophrys spinetorum (Hewitson, 1867) – Thicket Hairstreak^[5]

Xamia group

• Callophrys xami (Reakirt, [1867]) – Xami Hairstreak (southern Arizona and Texas south to Guatemala)^[6]

Unknown group

• Callophrys armeniaca Zhdanko, 1998
• Callophrys barryi (Johnson, 1976) – Barry's Hairstreak
• Callophrys butlerovi (Migranov, 1992)
• Callophrys chalybeitincta Sovinsky, 1905
• Callophrys danchenkoi Zhdanko, 1998
• Callophrys hatuma Zhdanko, [1996]
• Callophrys johnsoni (Skinner, 1904) – Johnson's Hairstreak
• Callophrys mcfarlandi (Clench & Ehrlich, 1960) – Sandia Hairstreak
• Callophrys mystaphia Miller, 1913
• Callophrys paulae Pfeiffer, 1932
• Callophrys perplexa Barnes & Benjamin, 1923
• Callophrys scaphia Clench, 1981
• Callophrys suaveola (Staudinger, 1881)
• Callophrys titanus Zhdanko, 1998

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