Summary ²

The Hoary Elfin (Callophrys polios) is butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It has a very local distribution from Maine south to New Jersey and in the Appalachian Mountains to Virginia, west across the Great Lakes states and the southern prairie provinces and north to Alaska. Along the Pacific Coast it is found to northern California and in the Rocky Mountains south to northern New Mexico.

Habitat ³

Comments: Mostly rocky or sandy barrens, bogs, outcrops etc. with abundant bearberry. Also in dry rocky forest with EPIGAEA REPENS in at least New Brunswick, Pennyslvania and Virginia.

National nature serve conservation status ⁴

Canada

United States

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Bill Bouton, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://butterfliesofamerica.com/images/Theclinae/eumaeini/callophrys_p_polios/Callophrys_p_polios_Myles_Standish_SF_Plymouth_Co_MA_USA_30-V-06_1.jpg
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callophrys_polios
3. (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/28825140
4. (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/28825129

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• BugGuide
• Butterflies and Moths of North America
• CalPhotos
• CUIC Insect Images
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• Maryland Moths
• Mass Moths
• Moth Photographers Group
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• Pacific Northwest Moths

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