Strymon bubastus (Stoll, 1780) is a animal in the Lycaenidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Strymon bubastus (Stoll, 1780) (Strymon bubastus (Stoll, 1780))
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Strymon bubastus (Stoll, 1780)

Strymon bubastus (Stoll, 1780)

Strymon bubastus is a Lycaenidae butterfly found across parts of the Caribbean and South America.

Family
Genus
Strymon
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Strymon bubastus (Stoll, 1780)

Strymon bubastus, commonly known as the disjunct scrub-hairstreak or Bubastus hairstreak, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Lycaenidae. This species was first described by Caspar Stoll in 1780. It has been recorded in Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Dominica, and Grenada. In Chile, its recorded host plants are Phyla nodiflora and Waltheria ovata.

Photo: (c) Rich Hoyer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Rich Hoyer · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Lycaenidae Strymon

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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