Callophrys hesseli

Callophrys hesseli, or Hessel's hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.[1] It ranges from southern Maine south along the Atlantic coastal plain to northern Florida on the Gulf Coast. The species was first described by George W. Rawson and J. Benjamin Ziegler in 1950.[2] It is listed as endangered in Connecticut by state authorities.[3]

Hessel's hairstreak
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Callophrys
Species:
C. hesseli
Binomial name
Callophrys hesseli
(Rawson & Ziegler, 1950)
Synonyms
  • Mitoura hesseli Rawson & Ziegler, 1950
  • Mitoura hesseli angulata Gatrelle, 2001

The wingspan is 25–28 mm. Adults are on wing in one generation in late May in New England, but there are two generations with adults on wing from April to July in the south.

The caterpillars feed on Atlantic white-cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides) and adults consume nectar from flowers including swamp milkweed, shadbush, sand myrtle, sweet pepperbush, highbush blueberry, buttonbush, and dogbane.[4]

Subspecies
  • Callophrys hesseli hesseli
  • Callophrys hesseli angulata (Gatrelle, 2001) (South Carolina)
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References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Callophrys hesseli (Rawson & Ziegler, 1950)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 11, 2017.
  2. Rawson, George W. & Ziegler, J. Benjamin (June, 1950) "A New Species of Mitoura Scudder from the Pine Barrens of New Jersey (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. LVIII(2).
  3. ct.gov
  4. Butterflies and Moths of North America


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