Electrostrymon pan

Electrostrymon pan is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.[1] It was described by Dru Drury in 1773 from Jamaica.

Electrostrymon pan
Ventral view
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Electrostrymon
Species:
E. pan
Binomial name
Electrostrymon pan
(Drury, 1773)
Synonyms
  • Papilio pan Drury, 1773
  • Thecla tirrhaea Möschler, 1886

Description

Upperside: antennae black. Thorax, abdomen, and wings dark brown, or dark hair-coloured; the latter being furnished with two small tails like hairs, the extremities being white.

Underside: palpi white. Breast greyish. Wings nearly the same colour as on the upperside. The posterior having two eyes on each at the abdominal corners; one being black with a red iris, the other grey and faint; above them is a small indented white line, pointing to a spot of the same colour placed at the middle of the anterior edge. Wingspan 1 14 inches (32 mm).[2]

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References

  1. "Electrostrymon Clench, 1961" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Drury, Dru (1837). Westwood, John (ed.). Illustrations of Exotic Entomology. 2. p. 44. pl. XXIII.


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