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  • Brown Elfin, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Allen Barlow, all rights reserved

  • Brown Elfin, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Bryan Pfeiffer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Brown Elfin, 3 of 6
    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) John Sullivan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Brown Elfin, 4 of 6
    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) robertgbrown, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Brown Elfin, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) kayakmak, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Brown Elfin, 6 of 6
    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) Norbert Kondla, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Brown Elfin

Callophrys augustinus

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About

Callophrys augustinus, the brown elfin, is butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from Newfoundland north and west through the northern United States and the prairie provinces to Alaska. To the south it ranges in Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia and northern Alabama, further south through the western mountains to northern Baja California in Mexico. Subspecies iroides is known as the western elfin.

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