BC Conservation Data Centre: Species Summary
Callophrys eryphon
Western Pine Elfin
| Scientific Name: | Callophrys eryphon (Boisduval, 1852) | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name Synonyms: |
Incisalia eryphon
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| English Name: | Western Pine Elfin | ||||||||||
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| Scientific Name - Concept Reference: | Pelham, J. P. 2008. A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. Volume 40. 658 pp. Revised 14 February, 2012. | ||||||||||
| Classification Level: | Species | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy Comments: | SName changed from Incisalia eryphon to Callophrys eryphon to align with NatureServe (Feb 22, 2005 - DW). | ||||||||||
| Species Group: | Invertebrate Animal | ||||||||||
| Species Code: | LE-CALERY | ||||||||||
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| Conservation Status / Legal Designation | |||||||||||
| Global Status: | G5 (Aug 2022) | ||||||||||
| Provincial Status: | S5 (Jan 2020) | ||||||||||
| BC List: | Yellow | ||||||||||
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| General Status Canada: | 6 - Not Assessed (2000) | ||||||||||
| Ecology & Life History | |||||||||||
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| Migration Characteristics: (Global / Provincial) | |||||||||||
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Nonmigrant: Local Migrant: Distant Migrant: Within Borders Migrant: |
N / N / N / na / |
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| Global Habitat Comments: | A variety of pine dominated or at least mixed pine habitats. Also eastward in balck spruce bogs but reports conflict as to whether these are really primary habitats or just perches in nectar areas (see Layberry et al., 1998). | ||||||||||
| Food Habits: |
Herbivore:Immature
Nectarivore: Adult |
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| Global Food Habits Comments: | Caterpillar Hosts: Young needles of hard pines including lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta), limber pine (P. flexilis), and ponderosa pine (P. ponderosa); possibly black spruce. Adult Food: Flower nectar (Lotts and Naberhaus 2017). | ||||||||||
| Global Phenology: | |||||||||||
| Provincial Phenology: (1st half of month/ 2nd half of month) |
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| Colonial Breeder: | N | ||||||||||
| Length(cm)/width(cm)/Weight(g): | / / | ||||||||||
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| Distribution | |||||||||||
| Endemic: | N | ||||||||||
| Global Range Comment: | This species occurs from British Columbia, Canada, south to California, USA; east to Alberta (Canada), Michigan, and Maine south in Rocky Mountains to New Mexico (USA). | ||||||||||
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| Last Updated: | May 14, 2001 | ||||||||||
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| References and Related Literature | |||||||||||
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Please visit the website Conservation Status Ranks for definitions of the data fields used in this summary report.
Suggested Citation:
B.C. Conservation Data Centre. 2001. Species Summary: Callophrys eryphon. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 5, 2026).