Ministrymon

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Ministrymon
Figures 3 and 4 Ministrymon clytie,
figure 5 Ministrymon una
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Eumaeini
Genus: Ministrymon
Clench, 1961[1]

Ministrymon is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Nearctic and Neotropical realms.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ministrymon Clench, 1961" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  • Bálint, Zs. ; K. Johnson & G.T. Austin, 1998: New species of Eumaeini (Lycaenidae) from Southeastern Brazil II. Review of regional Ministrymon and descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici 90: 195-214. Full article: [1].
  • Schwartz, A. & K. Johnson, 1992: Two new butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Cuba. Caribbean Journal of Science 28 (3-4): 149-157. Full article: [2][permanent dead link].
  • Robbins, R.K.; Glassberg, J. 2013, 2013: A butterfly with olive green eyes discovered in the United States and the Neotropics (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Eumaeini). Zookeys 305: 1-20. Full article: [3].