Species Cyanophrys herodotus - Tropical Greenstreak - Hodges#4309.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Tropical Greenstreak - Cyanophrys herodotus

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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 herodotus (Tropical Greenstreak - Hodges#4309.1)

Hodges Number

4309.1

Explanation of Names

Cyanophrys herodotus (Fabricius, 1793)

Identification

Has a green frons (forehead) and tails. Clench's Greenstreak has a brown frons; Goodson's is tailless.

Range

s. TX (as a stray) to Brazil - Map (MPG, BOA)

Food

Caterpillars have been recorded in flowers of a wide variety of hosts in at least three plant families; possible hosts that occur in the US include Lantana camara and Mikania scandens.

Remarks

First U.S. record: Bentsen-RGV State Park, 1972 (1)

the most common Greenstreak in s. TX.

Print References

Kendall, R.O., & W.W. McGuire. 1984. Some new and rare records of Lepidoptera found in Texas. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 86: 1-50. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

Butterflies of America - BOA

NABA-South Texas - NABA

Works Cited

1.	Some new and rare records of Lepidoptera found in Texas. Kendall, R.O., & W.W. McGuire. 1984. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 86: 1-50.

Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 6 July, 2009 - 9:31am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Mike Quinn
Last updated 28 December, 2017 - 1:06pm

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