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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) » Tropical Greenstreak - Hodges#4309.1 (Cyanophrys herodotus)

Species Cyanophrys herodotus - Tropical Greenstreak - Hodges#4309.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · 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 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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