Ministrymon

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Ministrymon
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Figures 3 and 4 Ministrymon clytie ,
figure 5 Ministrymon una
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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

  1. "Ministrymon Clench, 1961" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms