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]
| Thicket hairstreak | |
|---|---|
.jpg)
| |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Callophrys |
| Species: | C. spinetorum
|
| Binomial name | |
| Callophrys spinetorum (Hewitson, 1867)
| |
| Synonyms | |
| |
The wingspan is 25–32 mm. 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
edit- Callophrys spinetorum spinetorum (California, Colorado)
- Callophrys spinetorum millerorum Clench, 1981 (New Mexico)
References
edit- ^ 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.