Chlorostrymon

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Eumaeini
Genus: Chlorostrymon
Species: C. clenchi – C. kuscheli – C. maesites – C. orbis – C. simaethis – C. telea
Name

Chlorostrymon Clench, 1961, 189.

Type species: Thecla telea Hewitson, 1868.
References

Clench, H. in Ehrlich, P. & Ehrlich, A., 1961. How to Know the Butterflies Wm.C. Brown Co., Dubuque, Iowa. v + 262pp., 525 figs. PDF Reference page.
Johnson, K., 1989. Revision of Chlorostrymon Clench and description of two new austral neotropical species (Lycaenidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 43(2): 120–146. (PDF) Reference page.
Johnson, K. & Smith, D.S. 1993. A remarkable new butterfly species from Jamaica (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), with notes on Jamaican endemics and their sister species. Reports of the Museum of Natural History, University of Wisconsin (Stevens Point) 24: 1–14. PDF Reference page.
Hewitson, W. C., 1868. Descriptions of some new species of Lycaenidae. London. van Voorst, 36 pp. web purchase Reference page.
Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page.