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Species Arawacus jada - Creamy Stripe-streak - Hodges#4330

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Creamy Hairstreak - Arawacus jada Creamy Stripe-streak - Arawacus jada Creamy Stripe-streak - Arawacus jada Creamy Stripe-streak - Arawacus jada Creamy Stripe-streak - Arawacus jada Creamy Stripe-streak - Arawacus jada Creamy Stripe-streak - Arawacus jada
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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 Arawacus
Species jada (Creamy Stripe-streak - Hodges#4330)

Hodges Number

4330

Other Common Names

Creamy Hairstreak

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Orig. Comb: Thecla Jada Hewitson, 1867

Numbers

1 sp. n. of Mex.

Range

s AZ (as vagrant) / E & W Mexico to Costa Rica - BOA

Food

potatotree - Solanum erianthum (Solanaceae) - BOA

Remarks

Type Locality: "Mexico"

Internet References

Butterflies of America - comprehensive species account.
Moth Photographers Group - range map
NABA-South Texas
Contributed by Chris Grinter on 8 December, 2010 - 4:03pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman
Last updated 3 November, 2012 - 10:48am

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