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Ministrymon clytie
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
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, Strymon daplissus Johnson & Salazar, 1993 Ministrymon daplissus

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. The habitat consists of tropical forest openings and subtropical thorn forests.

The larvae feed on Pithecellobium species.

References

1. "Ministrymon Clench, 1961" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Butterflies and Moths of North America

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• Butterflies described in 1877
• Eumaeini
• Taxa named by William Henry Edwards
• Butterflies of North America
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