Eastern Pine Elfin (Callophrys niphon)

Widespread but uncommon in NC, this species flies from March to early June.
Eastern Pine Elfin (Callophrys niphon) Shocco Creek Gamelands
Franklin Co., NC
18 April 2004
Eastern Pine Elfin (Callophrys niphon) Shocco Creek Gamelands
Franklin Co., NC
18 April 2004
Eastern Pine Elfin (Callophrys niphon) Eastern Pine Elfin (Callophrys niphon)
Hill Forest, Durham Co., NC
1 May 2005		 same individual
nectaring on Bastard-Toadflax (Comandra umbellata)

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Created on ... April 18, 2004; Updated ... May 30, 2005 | jspippen@duke.edu