Gerhard's black hairstreak | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Satyrium |
Species: | S. abdominalis |
Binomial name | |
Satyrium abdominalis (Gerhard, 1850) | |
Satyrium abdominalis, the Gerhard's black hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. [1]
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