Ministrymon clytie

Ministrymon clytie, the Clytie hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Henry Edwards in 1877. It is found from southern Arizona, New Mexico and Texas to Mexico, Guatemala and Costa Rica.^[1] The habitat consists of tropical forest openings and subtropical thorn forests.

Phylum:Arthropoda

Clade:Pancrustacea

Class:Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

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Ministrymon clytie
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Ministrymon
Species:	M. clytie
Binomial name
Ministrymon clytie (W.H. Edwards, 1877)
Synonyms
Thecla clytie Edwards, 1877 Callicista clytie Thecla maevia Godman & Salvin, [1887] Strymon daplissus Johnson & Salazar, 1993 Ministrymon daplissus

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The larvae feed on Pithecellobium species.^[2]