| Strymon | |
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| Strymon melinus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Theclinae |
| Genus: | Strymon Hübner, 1818 |
| Species | |
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See text. |
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| Synonyms | |
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Eiseliana |
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Strymon is the genus of scrub hairstreaks, butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is a highly distinct lineage in the tribe Eumaeini, and was at one time even treated as a monotypic tribe Strymonini.