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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 » Ministreaks (Ministrymon) » Gray Ministreak - Hodges#4293 (Ministrymon azia)

Species Ministrymon azia - Gray Ministreak - Hodges#4293

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References

Gray Ministreak - Ministrymon azia - male

Gray Ministreak - Ministrymon azia - female

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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 Ministrymon (Ministreaks)

Species azia (Gray Ministreak - Hodges#4293)

Hodges Number

4293

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ministrymon azia (Hewitson)

Orig. Comb: Thecla azia Hewitson, 1873

Identification

Very small size (wingspan 0.75 inches or less), "grizzled" or "pebbly" appearance, pale gray underwings except for marginal line and tailspots

Range

TX, FL, AZ (stray) / W. Indies / Mex to S. Amer. - Map - MPG

in 1970's colonized south Florida and the Keys.

Habitat

subtropical thornscrub

Season

Mar-Dec in TX, FL, stray to AZ - MPG

Food

Adults feed on nectar. Larval host plants include Soft-leaf Mimosa (Mimosa malacophylla) in Texas, Lead-tree (Leucaena leucocephala) and Wild Tamarind (Lysiloma bahamensis) in Florida; caterpillars feed on flower buds.

Life Cycle

1. Caterpillar 2. Pupa

See Also

- Range: TX / Mex. to S. Amer.

Vicroy's Ministreak - Ministrymon janevicroy Glassberg, 2013

Print References

Kaufman, Field Guide to Butterflies of North America

Wauer, Butterflies of the Lower Rio Grande Valley

Garwood and Lehman, Butterflies of Northeastern Mexico

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

Butterflies of America - BOA

Butterflies and Moths of North America

Contributed by Alan Chin Lee on 29 July, 2007 - 11:09pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Joshua Stuart Rose, Mike Quinn
Last updated 8 August, 2014 - 5:22pm

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