species 1,562 observations

Clytie Ministreak

Ministrymon clytie

Field notes

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.

Read more on Wikipedia

Supported by All

4 native plants
support it in the US

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided