---
title: "Brown Elfin"
description: "Callophrys augustinus — Insetti e ragni. Callophrys augustinus, the brown elfin, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae, found from Alaska to northern Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/brown-elfin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brown Elfin

> Callophrys augustinus — Insetti e ragni. Callophrys augustinus, the brown elfin, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae, found from Alaska to northern Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Callophrys augustinus*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9001
- Wikidata: [Q2370475](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2370475)
- iNaturalist taxon: [58543](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58543)

## Names

- en: Brown Elfin
- fr: Lutin brun

## Countries with the most observations

US (5559), CA (2825), MX (18)

## Summary

Callophrys augustinus, the brown elfin, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae, found from Alaska to northern Mexico. One of its subspecies, C. augustinus iroides, is known as the western elfin.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callophrys_augustinus

## Photo

![Brown Elfin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-elfin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Scott Loarie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6607555

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brown-elfin?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).