Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Callophrys | |
Similar Callophrys sheridanii, Callophrys lanoraieensis, Callophrys polios, Callophrys dumetorum, Callophrys mossii | ||
Callophrys rosneri, the Rosner's hairstreak, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in western North America in British Columbia. and Washington state. Subspecies C. r. plicataria is known as Barry's hairstreak.
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The wingspan is 21–27 mm.
The larvae of subspecies C. r. rosneri feed on western red cedar (Thuja plicata), while the larvae of subspecies C. r. plicataria feed on Rocky Mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum).
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Taxonomy
Both C. r. rosneri and C. r. plicataria are often treated as subspecies of Callophrys gryneus. Callophrys barryi is a synonym of C. r. plicataria.
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