Incisalia

Incisalia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Incisalia Scudder, 1872
Species
See text
Synonyms
Deciduphagus Johnson, 1992

The genus Incisalia, described by Samuel Hubbard Scudder in 1872, consists of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae found in North America. They are commonly called elfins.

Species

Listed alphabetically:

• Incisalia augustinus (Westwood, 1852) – brown elfin
• Incisalia eryphon (Boisduval, 1852) – western pine elfin
• Incisalia fotis (Strecker, [1878]) – early elfin
• Incisalia henrici (Grote & Robinson, 1867) – Henry's elfin
• Incisalia irus (Godart, [1824]) – frosted elfin
• Incisalia lanoraieensis Sheppard, 1934 – bog elfin
• Incisalia mossii (H. Edwards, 1881) – Moss's elfin, stonecrop elfin, Schryver's elfin
• Incisalia niphon (Hübner, [1819]) – eastern pine elfin
• Incisalia polios Cook & Watson, 1907 – hoary elfin