Summary ⁴

Callophrys augustinus, the brown elfin, is butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from Newfoundland north and west through the northern United States and the prairie provinces to Alaska. To the south it ranges in Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia and northern Alabama, further south through the western mountains to northern Baja California in Mexico. Subspecies iroides is known as the western elfin.

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1. (c) Bill Bouton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/8086030@N03/5083732491
2. (c) Todd Stout, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Todd Stout
3. (c) Liam O'Brien, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Liam O'Brien
4. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callophrys_augustinus

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