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Ministrymon clytie (Clytie Ministreak)

Synonyms: Thecla clytie

Wikipedia Abstract

Ministrymon clytie, the Clytie Hairstreak, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It was described by W.H. Edwards in 1877. It is found from southern Arizona, New Mexico and Texas to Mexico, Guatemala and Costa Rica. The habitat consists of tropical forest openings and subtropical thorn forests. The larvae feed on Pithecellobium species.
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Prey / Diet

Croton humilis (pepperbush)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0