Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphon) MPG Ranch, Missoula Co., MT 6 May 2014 |
Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphon) MPG North near Condon, Missoula Co., MT 23 May 2014 |
Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphon) Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 23 May 2014 Nectaring on Glacier Lily |
Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphon) MPG North near Condon, Missoula Co., MT 6 June 2014 |
Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphon) Davis Creek, Missoula Co., MT 3 July 2014 |
Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphon) Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 13 Apr 2015 |
Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphon) Near Condon, Missoula Co., MT 20 Apr 2015 |
Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphon) Near Condon, Missoula Co., MT 27 Apr 2015 |
Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphon) Near Condon, Missoula Co., MT 20 Apr 2015 |
Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphon) Davis Creek, MT 2 May 2015 |
Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphon) Davis Creek, MT 18 Apr 2016 |
Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphon) Near Condon, Missoula Co., MT 20 Apr 2016 |
Many species of hairstreaks, including the elfins, thermoregulate by adjusting the angle of their bodies according to the solar radiation. | ||
Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphon) Clearwater Co., ID 9 May 2012 |
Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphon) Clearwater Co., ID 9 May 2012 |
Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphon) Four Mile Creek, s. of Cripple Creek, Teller Co., CO 11 July 2016 |
Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphon) Four Mile Creek, s. of Cripple Creek, Teller Co., CO 11 July 2016 |
Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphon) MPG North near Condon, Missoula Co., MT 23 May 2014 Sitting on one of its caterpillar food plants, Ponderosa Pine. |
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