Electrostrymon pan
| Electrostrymon pan | |
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| Ventral view | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Electrostrymon |
| Species: | E. pan |
| Binomial name | |
| Electrostrymon pan (Drury, 1773) | |
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Electrostrymon pan is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family.[1] It was described by Drury in 1773 from Jamaica.
Description
Upper side: 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.
Under side: palpi white. Breast greyish. Wings nearly the same colour as on the upper side. 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. Wing-span 1¼ inches (32 mm).[2]
References
- ↑ Electrostrymon at funet
- ↑ Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John, ed. Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. 2. p. 44. pl. XXIII.
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