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SPECIES FACT SHEET Scientific Name: Callophrys gryneus nr. Chalcosiva This species is currently listed on the Interagency Special Status and Sensitive Species list as Callophrys gryneus barryi Common Name: Barrys Hairstreak, Juniper Hairstreak, Cedar Hairstreak Synonyms: Callophrys gryneus barryi (Guppy and Shepard 2010, Opler and Warren 2002), Callophrys barryi (Johnson 1976, Opler et al. 2011), Mitoura gryneus barryi (Pyle 2002), Mitoura siva barryi (Guppy and Shepard 2001) Phylum: Mandibulata Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Lycaenidae Tribe: Theclini Taxonomic Note: Callophrys gryneus barryi, the name used for this taxon in the first version of this factsheet, is now considered Callophrys gryneus nr. chalcosiva (Warren 2005). Specific and subspecific divisions within the Callophrys/C. gryneus complex are not agreed upon in the literature. Johnson (1976) divided this group into four distinct species: Callophrys nelsoni, Callophrys rosneri, Callophrys siva, and Callophrys barryi. Combinations of these taxa have been treated as full species or as subspecies of C. gryneus by subsequent authors (see synonyms, above). Recent work supports the hypothesis that the C. gryneus complex is divided only into partially-divergent host races (an early stage of speciation) (Downey and Nice 2011, Forister 2005, Forister 2004, Nice and Shapiro 2001). Warren (2005) describes this taxon, a northeastern Oregon and southeastern Washington Juniperus-associate, as nearest in geography and morphology to C. g. chalcosiva (a Great Basin species, described as a segregate of C. g. siva). The type specimen for C. g. barryi, described by Johnson (1976), was most likely based on an error in type locality (Warren 2005). Johnson’s description was based on specimens from an unknown collector. Due to confusion in specimen label information, the specimens used to describe C. g. barryi by Johnson were most likely Callophrys gryneus plicataria (a Thuja-feeding hairstreak commonly