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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Callophrys |
| Species: | C. fotis |
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| Callophrys fotis (Strecker, 1878) | |
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Callophrys fotis is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, the gossamer-winged butterflies. It is known by several common names, including early elfin, desert elfin, Fotis hairstreak, Strecker's elfin, and Arizona gray elfin. It is native to the southwestern United States, where it occurs in southeastern California, Nevada, Utah, western Colorado, northern Arizona, and northwestern New Mexico.
This butterfly has a wingspan of 19 to 28 millimeters.
Subspecies
Subspecies include:
- Callophrys fotis fotis
- Callophrys fotis mojavensis (Austin, 1998)
References
- ^ Callophrys fotis. Archived 2014-09-16 at the Wayback Machine Invertebrate Abstracts. Arizona Game and Fish Department.
- Callophrys fotis. Butterflies and Moths of North America.
- Callophrys fotis. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
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| Callophrys fotis |
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