Eastern Pine Elfin (Callophrys niphon)

Widespread in western North America, Western Pine Elfins are single brooded (perhaps double brooded in some areas?), flying mainly in late spring/early summer.
Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphon) Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphon)
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) Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphon)
Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT
23 May 2014

Nectaring on Glacier Lily


Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphon) Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphon)
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) Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphon)
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) Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphon)
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) Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphon)
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)
Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphon)
Near Condon, Missoula Co., MT
20 Apr 2016

Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphon) Western Pine Elfin (Callophrys eryphon) 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) 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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