Eastern Pine Elfin
May 2021
The Eastern Pine Elfin (Callophrys niphon) is a very small warm brown gossamer-wing butterfly with banded waves of brown, black, white and purplish streaks on both the underside forewing and hindwing.
May 2021
These butterflies appear near their caterpillar host plants White and Pitch Pine and are generally a very early spring flyer. The species occurs in most counties but I’ve only seen them in southern New Jersey near pines and nectar sources like Sand Myrtle.
