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Species Strymon acis - Caribbean Scrub-Hairstreak - Hodges#4343

Representative Images

Bartram's Scrub Hairstreak - Strymon acis Bartram's Scrub Hairstreak - Strymon acis Bartram's Scrub Hairstreak - Strymon acis Bartram's Scrub Hairstreak - Strymon acis - male Bartram's Scrub Hairstreak final instar larva - Strymon acis Bartram's Scrub Hairstreak pupa - Strymon acis Bartram's Hairstreak - Strymon acis Bartram's Scrub Hairstreak - Strymon acis - 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 Strymon
Species acis (Caribbean Scrub-Hairstreak - Hodges#4343)

Hodges Number

4343

Other Common Names

Bartram's Scrub-Hairstreak, which refers to the only subspecies that occurs in the BugGuide region (S. acis bartrami)
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 21 August, 2004 - 10:39am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Nick Block
Last updated 2 July, 2017 - 7:09am

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