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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 » Strymon » Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak - Hodges#4348 (Strymon bazochii)

Species Strymon bazochii - Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak - Hodges#4348

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Strymon
Species bazochii (Lantana Scrub-Hairstreak - Hodges#4348)
Hodges Number
4348
Explanation of Names
Strymon bazochii (Godart, [1824])
Identification
Tailless, gray eyes, top of HW forms a sharp angle, brown with some dark brown and white markings.
Range
AZ (1x), c. TX to Argentina / Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola - Map (MPG, BOA)
Also, introduced in Hawaii in an attempt to control lantana
Habitat
Anywhere there's lantana.
Season
February to December, 3 broods.
Food
Larva feeds on lantana and frogfruit.
Print References
(1) (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - MPG
Butterflies of America - BOA
Works Cited
1.Butterflies Through Binoculars: The West : A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Western North America (Butterflies and Others Thr
Jeffrey Glassberg. 2001. Oxford University Press.
2.Butterflies of North America (Kaufman Focus Guides)
Jim P. Brock, Kenn Kaufman. 2003. Houghton Mifflin Co.
Contributed by tom murray on 15 August, 2005 - 8:42pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, David Ferguson
Last updated 3 January, 2018 - 10:44am

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