Chlorostrymon maesites
Species of butterfly
| Chlorostrymon maesites | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Tribe: | Eumaeini |
| Genus: | Chlorostrymon |
| Species: | C. maesites |
| Binomial name | |
| Chlorostrymon maesites (Herrich-Schäffer, 1864) | |
Chlorostrymon maesites, known generally as amethyst hairstreak, is a species of hairstreak in the butterfly family Lycaenidae. Other common names include the maesites hairstreak and verde azul hairstreak.[1][2]
The MONA or Hodges number for Chlorostrymon maesites is 4271.[3]
References
Further reading
- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
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