Phaeostrymon
Soapberry hairstreak | |
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Genus: | Phaeostrymon Clench, 1961
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Species: | P. alcestis
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Phaeostrymon alcestis W. H. Edwards 1871
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Phaeostrymon alcestis antenna
Phaeostrymon alcestis, the soapberry hairstreak, is the only species of the gossamer-winged butterfly genus Phaeostrymon. It is found in southwestern United States and Mexico.
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Categories:
- Eumaeini
- Monotypic butterfly genera
- Lycaenidae genera
- Taxa named by William J. Clench
- Eumaeini stubs