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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters (Lycaenidae) » Hairstreaks (Theclinae) » Eumaeini » Greenstreaks (Cyanophrys) » Clench's Greenstreak - Hodges#4308 (Cyanophrys miserabilis)

Species Cyanophrys miserabilis - Clench's Greenstreak - Hodges#4308

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Internet References
Clench's Greenstreak - Cyanophrys miserabilis Clench's Greenstreak (showing brown frons, sort of) - Cyanophrys miserabilis Clench's Greenstreak - Cyanophrys miserabilis Clench's Greenstreak - Cyanophrys miserabilis Clench's Greenstreak photographed at NBC Park Mission, TX - Cyanophrys miserabilis
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)
Family Lycaenidae (Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters)
Subfamily Theclinae (Hairstreaks)
Tribe Eumaeini
Genus Cyanophrys (Greenstreaks)
Species miserabilis (Clench's Greenstreak - Hodges#4308)
Hodges Number
4308
Explanation of Names
Cyanophrys miserabilis (Clench, 1946)
Identification
The only greenstreak in the US with a brown frons (forehead).
Range
Rare stray to south Texas, more common from northern Mexico south to Costa Rica. Map (MPG)
Habitat
Dry subtropical forest and thornscrub
Food
Adults are nectar feeders. Caterpillars host on Parkinsonia aculeata (Mexican Palo Verde) and perhaps other species in the same genus.
Internet References
BAMONA
Butterflies of America - BOA
Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 6 July, 2009 - 9:33am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Mike Quinn
Last updated 3 November, 2022 - 5:19pm

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