''Electrostrymon angelia'', the fulvous hairstreak, is a species of
hairstreak
The subfamily Theclinae is a group of butterflies, often referred to as hairstreaks, with some species instead known as elfins or by other names. The group is part of the family Lycaenidae, the "gossamer-winged butterflies". There are many tropi ...
in the
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
family
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...
. It is found in North America.
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The MONA or Hodges number for ''Electrostrymon angelia'' is 4352.][
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Subspecies
These four subspecies belong to the species ''Electrostrymon angelia'':
* ''Electrostrymon angelia angelia'' (Hewitson, 1874)
* ''Electrostrymon angelia boyeri'' (Comstock & Huntington, 1943)
* ''Electrostrymon angelia dowi''
* ''Electrostrymon angelia karukera'' Brévignon, 2000
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Eumaeini
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Butterflies described in 1874
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