[Butterflies of the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon and Washington]

Brown Elfin, Western Brown Elfin

Callophrys augustinus

Synonym: Incisalia augustinus iroides

Brown Elfin, Western Brown Elfin: Callophrys augustinus (Synonym: Incisalia augustinus iroides) - Brown Elfin, Western Brown Elfin: Callophrys augustinus (Synonym: Incisalia augustinus iroides)

Brown Elfin, Western Brown Elfin: Callophrys augustinus (Synonym: Incisalia augustinus iroides)

A brown elfin male nectaring upon the umbel flowers of nine-leaf desert parsley (Lomatium brevifolium/triternatum) at the Mill Creek Ridge Preserve, a Columbia Land Trust property south of The Dalles, OR......April 28, 2019.

Paul Slichter