Cyanophrys amyntor

Cyanophrys amyntor, the Amyntor greenstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the lowland tropics from Mexico to Brazil. It is known in the United States from a single specimen from the Big Bend region of western Texas. It has also been recorded from Hawaii.

Cyanophrys amyntor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Cyanophrys
Species:	C. amyntor
Binomial name
Cyanophrys amyntor (Cramer, 1775)
Synonyms
Papilio amyntor Cramer, 1775 Papilio menalcas Cramer, 1779 (preocc. Poda, 1761) Thecla caramba Clench, 1944 Thecla amyntor distractus Clench, 1946 Cyanophrys eiselei D'Abrera, 1995 Cyanophrys quinterorum D'Abrera, 1995 Thecla amyntor

The wingspan is 24–28 mm. Adults are on wing from July to January in Mexico.

The larvae feed on a wide range of plants, including species from the families Ulmaceae and Verbenaceae.

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