| Soapberry hairstreak | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Tribe: | Eumaeini |
| Genus: | Satyrium |
| Species: | S. alcestis |
| Binomial name | |
| Satyrium alcestis (W. H. Edwards 1871) | |
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Satyrium alcestis, the soapberry hairstreak, is a species of gossamer-winged butterfly. It was previously considered the only member of the former genus Phaeostrymon, but was originally described as Thecla alcestis Edwards, 1871. It was later revised as Satyrium alcestis [1] The species is found in southwestern United States and Mexico, where its larvae are often found feeding on Soapberry. [2]
