Electrostrymon pan
| Electrostrymon pan | |
|---|---|
| |
| Ventral view | |
Scientific 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 | |
| |
Electrostrymon pan is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.[1] It was described by Dru Drury in 1773 from Jamaica.
Description
[edit]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+1⁄4 inches (32 mm).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Electrostrymon Clench, 1961" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. Vol. 2. p. 44. pl. XXIII.