Hemiargus hanno

Hemiargus hanno, the hanno blue[2] is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Suriname, Brazil,[3] Colombia and on Cuba, the Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico and Hispaniola.

Hemiargus hanno
Male H. h. filenus, Cuba
Ventral side, H. h. filenus, Grand Cayman
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Hemiargus
Species:
H. hanno
Binomial name
Hemiargus hanno
(Stoll, [1790])[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio hanno Stoll, [1790]
  • Lycaena hanno
  • Hemiagrus hanno
  • Polyommatus hanno filenus (Poey, 1832)

Subspecies
  • Hemiargus hanno hanno (Surinam, Brazil)
  • Hemiargus hanno bogotana Draudt, 1921 (Panama and Colombia)
  • Hemiargus hanno filenus (Poey, 1832) (Bahamas, Turks & Caicos, Cuba, Cayman Islands)[4]
gollark: My long-term plan for money extraction is to obtain relevant technical skills, and then to (muahahaha) exchange goods and services for money.
gollark: You *are* mildly increasing pizza prices for everyone.
gollark: What an interesting business venture. I'm willing to provide up to 22 kilobees of venture capital funding.
gollark: Not the west, due to day-night cycles.
gollark: As they say, cryoapioforns incurse from the east.

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Hemiargus hanno (Stoll, [1790])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
  2. "Hanno Blue (Hemiargus hanno)". iNaturalist. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
  3. Garwood, Kim (2009). Butterflies of Southern Amazonia. Carter & Carter. p. 23.
  4. R. R. Askew and P. A. van B. Stafford, Butterflies of the Cayman Islands (Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2008) ISBN 978-87-88757-85-9, pp. 82/3


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