Callophrys f. fotis (Strecker, [1878])
(Desert Elfin)

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Synonymy

(From: A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada, Jonathan P. Pelham)

Genus Callophrys Billberg, 1820

Enum. Ins. Mus. Billb.: 80. Type-species: Papilio rubi Linnaeus, 1758, Syst. Nat. (ed. 10) 1: 483, no. 154, by designation of Scudder (1875), Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci., Boston 10(2): 132, no. 202.

Callophrys fotis (Strecker, [1878])

Callophrys fotis fotis (Strecker, [1878])

Lepid. Rhop. Het. (14): 129.

Original Combination: Thecla Fotis

Type Locality: “Arizona”; defined as “northwestern Mohave County, Arizona” by Austin (1998), Syst. W. N. Am. Butts. (45): 547.

Types: Lectotype in FMNH, designated by Austin (1998), Syst. W. N. Am. Butts. (45): 547.

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