Callophrys rosneri
Callophrys rosneri, the Rosner's hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western North America in British Columbia.[1] and Washington state. Subspecies C. r. plicataria is known as Barry's hairstreak.
| Rosner's hairstreak | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Order: | |
| Family: | |
| Genus: | |
| Species: | C. rosneri |
| Binomial name | |
| Callophrys rosneri Johnson, 1976 | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
The larvae of subspecies C. r. rosneri feed on western red cedar (Thuja plicata),[1] while the larvae of subspecies C. r. plicataria feed on Rocky Mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum).
Subspecies
- C. r. rosneri – Rosner's hairstreak (interior ranges of British Columbia)
- C. r. plicataria Johnson, 1976 – Barry's hairstreak (Vancouver Island and Coast Range of British Columbia, Washington)
Taxonomy
Both C. r. rosneri and C. r. plicataria are often treated as subspecies of Callophrys gryneus. Callophrys barryi is a synonym of C. r. plicataria.[2]
gollark: Anyway, you should totally try something like this. It's very possible that it would work nicely but nobody has actually bothered to try it.
gollark: Wow, my typing error rate is high today.
gollark: You probably can't make it train the model like that, but you *can* probably at least add retrievable stuff to memory.
gollark: Memorizing Transformer and https://github.com/AeroScripts/HiddenEngrams.
gollark: Anyway, there are apparently some ways to get these things to sort of actually remember stuff, so that might be worth trying for this?
References
- Callophrys rosneri, Butterflies of Canada
- Callophrys gryneus plicataria at Butterflies of America
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.