Callophrys affinis, the western green hairstreak or immaculate green hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western Canada and the western United States.
| Western green hairstreak | |
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| C. a. apama | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Callophrys |
| Species: | C. augustinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Callophrys augustinus (W.H. Edwards, 1862)[1]
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The wingspan is 20 to 28 mm.[1] Adults are on the wing from early March to mid-June in one generation.[1]
The larvae feed on Eriogonum umbellatum.[2]
Subspecies
editListed alphabetically:[2]
- C. a. affinis
- C. a. albipalpis Gorelick, 2005 (New Mexico)
- C. a. apama Edwards, 1882 – Arizona canyon green hairstreak (Arizona)
- C. a. homoperplexa Barnes & Benjamin, 1923 (Colorado)
- C. a. washingtonia Clench, 1944 (Washington)
References
edit- ^ a b c Western Green Hairstreak, Butterflies of Canada
- ^ a b Callophrys affinis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Immaculate Green Hairstreak (Callophrys affinis) Inventory in the South Okanagan and Boundary Region, British Columbia, 2009 - FINAL, BC Gov., Canada