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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Ministrymon |
| Species: | M. clytie
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| Ministrymon clytie (W.H. Edwards, 1877)
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The larvae feed on Pithecellobium species.[2]
References edit
- ^ "Ministrymon Clench, 1961" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Butterflies and Moths of North America