Strymon albata: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Strymon
- Species
- Strymon albata
- Scientific Name
- Strymon albata
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Strymon albata
Strymon albata, the white hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1865. It is found from southern Texas to Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad.
The wingspan is 29–35 mm. There are two generations in southern Texas with adults on wing from June to December. Adults are on wing year-round in the tropics. Adults feed on flower nectar of various flowers, including the blue boneset.
The larvae feed on the flower buds and young fruits of Abutilon incanum.
...Strymon albata in languages:
- English
- White Scrub-Hairstreak
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Strymon acis
- Strymon albata
- Strymon alea
- Strymon astiocha
- Strymon avalona
- Strymon azuba
- Strymon bazochii
- Strymon bebrycia
- Strymon bicolor
- Strymon bubastus
- Strymon cardus
- Strymon caryaevorus
- Strymon cestri
- Strymon christophei
- Strymon colombiana
- Strymon columella
- Strymon crambusa
- Strymon cyanofusca
- Strymon daraba
- Strymon davara
- Strymon eremica
- Strymon eurytulus
- Strymon gabatha
- Strymon giffordi
- Strymon glorissima
- Strymon heodes
- Strymon istapa
- Strymon jacqueline
- Strymon lamasi
- Strymon limenia
- Strymon liparops
- Strymon lucena
- Strymon marcidus
- Strymon martialis
- Strymon megarus
- Strymon melinus
- Strymon monopeteinus
- Strymon mulucha
- Strymon nivea
- Strymon ohausi
- Strymon oreala
- Strymon oribata
- Strymon rana
- Strymon rufofusca
- Strymon sabinus
- Strymon serapio
- Strymon solitario
- Strymon tegaea
- Strymon toussainti
- Strymon veterator
- Strymon wagenknechti
- Strymon yojoa
- Strymon ziba