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| Soapberry hairstreak | |
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Scientific 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 W. H. Edwards 1871 | |
Phaeostrymon alcestis, the soapberry hairstreak, [1] is the only species of the gossamer-winged butterfly genus Phaeostrymon. It is found in southwestern United States and Mexico.
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