Chlorostrymon Explained

Chlorostrymon is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.^[1] The species of this genus are found in the Nearctic and Neotropical realms.

Species

• Chlorostrymon simaethis (Drury, 1773) – silver-banded hairstreak
• Chlorostrymon telea (Hewitson, 1868) – telea hairstreak
• Chlorostrymon maesites (Herrich-Schäffer, 1864) – amethyst hairstreak
• Chlorostrymon clenchi Comstock & Huntington, 1943 Dominica, Guadeloupe
• Chlorostrymon kuscheli (Ureta, 1949)
• Chlorostrymon orbis Johnson & Smith, 1993 Jamaica

Notes and References

1. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/theclinae/chlorostrymon/ "Chlorostrymon Clench, 1961"