Ministrymon clytie

Ministrymon clytie
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Ministrymon
Species:
M. clytie
Binomial name
Ministrymon clytie
(W.H. Edwards, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Thecla clytie Edwards, 1877
  • Callicista clytie
  • Thecla maevia Godman & Salvin, [1887]
  • Strymon daplissus Johnson & Salazar, 1993
  • Ministrymon daplissus

Ministrymon clytie, the Clytie hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Henry Edwards in 1877. It is found from southern Arizona, New Mexico and Texas to Mexico, Guatemala and Costa Rica.[1] The habitat consists of tropical forest openings and subtropical thorn forests.

The larvae feed on Pithecellobium species.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Ministrymon Clench, 1961" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Butterflies and Moths of North America


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