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Henry's Elfen

Callophrys henrici

Photo by joanbstanley
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Field Notes

Description:

Tailed. Upperside dark brown; male without oval spot at forewing front edge. Often a dull orange tinge at outer margin of forewing and near tail of hindwing. Underside forewing with fairly straight postmedian line; hindwing with some white in the postmedian line.
Wing Span: 1 - 1 1/4 inches (2.5 - 3.2 cm).

Habitat:

Wildlife habitat yard.

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Callophrys henrici

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Comments (4)
joanbstanley
Exactly my problem, Braulio. I could see it, but when I tried to take its picture I couldn't find it on the screen. Fortunately it stayed put long enough for me to finally get it.
joanbstanley
Hard to photograph though. It kept blending into the leaves.

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PublishedMarch 30, 2013

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