SENSITIVE INVERTEBRATE PROFILE

Authors who treat Callophrys rosneri as a species, or as a subspecies of Callophrys nelsoni, have also treated Callophrys plicataria as a subspecies of C. rosneri or C. nelsoni (Layberry et al. 1998, Guppy and Shepard 2010). Warren (2005) suggests that Callophrys gryneus plicataria may be a synonym of C. g. rosneri, as the two share a larval foodplant (Thuja plicata) and phenotypic differences ... ................
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