Callophrys spinetorum

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
Subgenus: Mitoura
Species: Callophrys spinetorum
Subspecies: C. s. spinetorum – C. s. millerorum
Name

Callophrys spinetorum (Hewitson, 1867)

Type locality: Vicinity of Gold Lake Lodge, Sierra Nevada, Sierra County, California.
References

Emmel, T., Emmel, J. & Mattoon, S., 1998. Fixation of a Type locality for Thecla spinetorum... In Systematics of Western North American Butterflies. 4: 83-85.

Vernacular names
English: Thicket Hairstreak

Callophrys spinetorum, the thicket hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1867. It is found in North America from British Columbia through the Rocky Mountains to New Mexico and Mexico and through California to Baja California.[1] The habitat consists of pinyon-juniper forests, mixed woodlands, and coniferous forests.[2]

The wingspan is 25–32 mm. The upperside is steel blue and the underside reddish brown. The hindwings with a white postmedian band which forms a W shape near the tail. Adults are on wing from May to August in one generation per year. They feed on flower nectar.

The larvae feed on Arceuthobium species.[3]
Subspecies

Callophrys spinetorum spinetorum (California, Colorado)
Callophrys spinetorum millerorum Clench, 1981 (New Mexico)

References

Callophrys spinetorum, at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
"NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org.
"Thicket Hairstreak Callophrys spinetorum (Hewitson, 1867) | Butterflies and Moths of North America". www.butterfliesandmoths.org.