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.
Ministrymon clytie | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Ministrymon |
Species: | M. clytie
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Binomial name | |
Ministrymon clytie (W.H. Edwards, 1877)
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The larvae feed on Pithecellobium species.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Ministrymon Clench, 1961" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Butterflies and Moths of North America