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Phaeostrymon

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Soapberry hairstreak
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Eumaeini
Genus: Phaeostrymon
Clench, 1961
Species:
P. alcestis
Binomial name
Phaeostrymon alcestis
Phaeostrymon alcestis antenna

Phaeostrymon alcestis, the soapberry hairstreak, is the only species of the gossamer-winged butterfly genus Phaeostrymon. It is found in southwestern United States and Mexico.