The genus Callophrys consists of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is apparently not monophyletic, but which of the taxa currently considered junior synonyms of Callophrys are valid genera remains to be determined.
The Asian and European members of this genus and some North American species are commonly known as green hairstreaks, and the North American species in the subgenus Incisalia are called elfins.
Species Listed alphabetically within groups.Taxonomic index, Butterflies of Canada
Subgenus Callophrys Billberg, 1820: Callophrys armeniaca Zhdanko, 1998 Callophrys avis Chapman, 1909 – Chapman's green hairstreak Callophrys butlerovi (Migranov, 1992) Callophrys chalybeitincta Sovinsky, 1905 Callophrys davisi (Watson & Comstock, 1920) Callophrys danchenkoi Zhdanko, 1998 Callophrys foulquieri (Rivertigat, 1915) Callophrys hatuma Zhdanko, 1996 Callophrys mystaphia Miller, 1913 – rhubarb hairstreak Callophrys paulae Pfeiffer, 1932 Callophrys perplexa Barnes & Benjamin, 1923 Callophrys rubi (Linnaeus, 1758) – green hairstreak Callophrys suaveola (Staudinger, 1881) Callophrys titanus Zhdanko, 1998 Callophrys viridis (W. H. Edwards, 1877) – coastal green hairstreak
Subgenus Cisincisalia Johnson, 1992: Callophrys johnsoni (Skinner, 1904) – Johnson's hairstreak Callophrys spinetorum (Hewitson, 1867) – thicket hairstreakThicket Hairstreak, Butterflies of Canada Callophrys guatemalena Clench, 1981
Subgenus Greenie Grishin, 2021: Callophrys affinis (W. H. Edwards, 1862) – western green hairstreak, immaculate green hairstreak Callophrys dumetorum (Boisduval, 1852) – bramble hairstreak Callophrys sheridanii (W. H. Edwards, 1877) – Sheridan's hairstreak, white-lined green hairstreak
Subgenus Incisalia Scudder, 1872: Callophrys augustinus (Westwood, 1852) – brown elfin Callophrys eryphon (Boisduval, 1852) – western pine elfin Callophrys fotis (Strecker, 1878) – early elfin Callophrys henrici (Grote & Robinson, 1867) – Henry's elfin Callophrys irus (Godart, 1824) – frosted elfin Callophrys lanoraieensis Sheppard, 1934 – bog elfin Callophrys mossii (H. Edwards, 1881) – Moss's elfin, stonecrop elfin, Schryver's elfin Callophrys niphon (Hübner, 1819) – eastern pine elfin Callophrys polios Cook & Watson, 1907 – hoary elfin
Subgenus Mitoura Scudder, 1872: Callophrys barryi (K. Johnson, 1976) – Barry's hairstreakBarry's Hairstreak, Butterflies and Moths of North America Callophrys gryneus (Hübner, 1819) – olive hairstreak, juniper hairstreakJuniper Hairstreak, Butterflies of Canada Callophrys hesseli (Rawson & Ziegler, 1950) – Hessel's hairstreak Callophrys muiri (H. Edwards, 1881) – Muir's hairstreak Callophrys rosneri (Johnson, 1976) – Rosner's hairstreak, cedar hairstreakRosner's Hairstreak, Butterflies of Canada Callophrys thornei (Brown, 1983) – Thorne's hairstreak
Subgenus Sandia Clench & Ehrlich, 1960: Callophrys mcfarlandi Ehrlich & Clench, 1960 – Sandia hairstreak
Subgenus Xamia Clench, 1961: Callophrys xami (Reakirt, 1867) – xami hairstreak (southern Arizona and Texas south to Guatemala) Callophrys scaphia Clench, 1981
Subgenus Ahlbergia Bryk, 1946 Callophrys aleucopuncta K. Johnson, 1992 Callophrys arquata K. Johnson, 1992 Callophrys bimaculata K. Johnson, 1992 Callophrys caerulea K. Johnson, 1992 Callophrys caesius K. Johnson, 1992 Callophrys chalcidis I. Chou & H.H. Li, 1994 Callophrys chalybeia (Leech, 1890) Callophrys circe (Leech, 1893) Callophrys clarofacia (K. Johnson, 1992) Callophrys clarolinea (H. Huang & A.M. Chen, 2006) Callophrys confusa (H. Huang, Z. Chen & M. Li, 2006) Callophrys distincta H. Huang, 2003 Callophrys dongyui (H. Huang & C.H. Zhan, 2006) Callophrys ferrea (Butler, 1866) Callophrys frivaldszkyi (Lederer, 1855) Callophrys haradai (Igarashi, 1973) Callophrys hsui (K. Johnson, 2000) Callophrys huertasblancae (K. Yoshino, 2016) Callophrys korea K. Johnson, 1992 Callophrys leechii (de Nicéville, ) Callophrys leechuanlungi (H. Huang & Y.C. Chen, 2005) Callophrys leei (K. Johnson, 1992) Callophrys luoliangi (H. Huang & K. Song, 2006) Callophrys lynda (K. Johnson, 1992) Callophrys nicevillei (Leech, 1893) Callophrys pictila K. Johnson, 1992 Callophrys pluto (Leech, 1893) Callophrys prodiga K. Johnson, 1992 Callophrys unicolora K. Johnson, 1992 Callophrys zhujianhuai H. Huang & C.S. Wu, 2003
Unnamed subgenus: Callophrys dospassosi Clench, 1981 Callophrys estela Clench, 1981
References
External links images representing Callophrys at Consortium for the Barcode of Life mages representing Ahlbergia at Consortium for the Barcode of Life Callophrys "Le genre Callophrys" from French Wikipedia provides more distribution information