Strymon bubastus explained

Strymon bubastus, the disjunct scrub-hairstreak or Bubastus hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Caspar Stoll in 1780. It is found in Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Dominica and Grenada.^[1]

Host plants include Phyla nodiflora and Waltheria ovata in Chile.^[2]

Subspecies

• Strymon bubastus bubastus
• Strymon bubastus ponce (Comstock & Huntington, 1943) (Antilles)

References

• Strymon sapota at Insecta.pro

Notes and References

1. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/theclinae/strymon/ "Strymon Hübner, 1818"
2. Vargas . Héctor A. . Vargas-Ortiz . Marcelo . Bobadilla . Dante . June 2016 . Larval Polychromatism in the Neotropical Hairstreak Strymon bubastus (Stoll) (Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini) Associated with Two Newly Documented Host Plants in the Atacama Desert . The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society . 70 . 2 . 153–157 . 10.18473/lepi.70i2.a11 . 0024-0966.