''Chlorostrymon'' is a genus of

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in the family

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."''Chlorostrymon'' Clench, 1961"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' The species of this genus are found in the

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and

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realms.

Species

*'' Chlorostrymon simaethis'' (Drury, 1773) – silver-banded hairstreak *'' Chlorostrymon telea'' (Hewitson, 1868) – telea hairstreak *'' Chlorostrymon maesites'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1864) – amethyst hairstreak *'' Chlorostrymon clenchi'' Comstock & Huntington, 1943

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*'' Chlorostrymon kuscheli'' (Ureta, 1949) *'' Chlorostrymon orbis'' Johnson & Smith, 1993 Jamaica

References

External links

* * Eumaeini Lycaenidae of South America Lycaenidae genera Taxa named by William J. Clench {{Eumaeini-stub