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Electrostrymon pan

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Electrostrymon pan
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Electrostrymon
Species:
E. pan
Binomial name
Electrostrymon pan
(Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
  • Papilio pan Drury, 1773
  • Thecla tirrhaea Möschler, 1886

Electrostrymon pan is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.[1] It was described by Dru Drury in 1773 from Jamaica.

Description

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Upperside: antennae black. Thorax, abdomen, and wings dark brown, or dark hair-coloured; the latter being furnished with two small tails like hairs, the extremities being white.

Underside: palpi white. Breast greyish. Wings nearly the same colour as on the upperside. The posterior having two eyes on each at the abdominal corners; one being black with a red iris, the other grey and faint; above them is a small indented white line, pointing to a spot of the same colour placed at the middle of the anterior edge. Wingspan 1+14 inches (32 mm).[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Electrostrymon Clench, 1961" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. Vol. 2. p. 44. pl. XXIII.