Strymon bubastus

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]

Strymon bubastus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Strymon
Species:
S. bubastus
Binomial name
Strymon bubastus
(Stoll, 1780)
Synonyms
  • Papilio bubastus Stoll, [1780]
  • Papilio minereus Fabricius, 1787
  • Thecla salona Hewitson, 1868
  • Thecla sapota Hewitson, 1877
  • Thecla cestri peruensis Dufrane, 1939
  • Strymon vividus Le Crom & Johnson, 1997
  • Strymon sapota
  • Thecla bubastus ponce Comstock & Huntington, 1943
  • Thecla ponce Comstock & Huntington, 1943

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

References
  1. "Strymon Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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