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Cramer’s Scrub-Hairstreak
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Butterflies & moths

Cramer’s Scrub-Hairstreak

Strymon bubastus (Stoll, 1780)

Names

EnglishCramer’s Scrub-Hairstreak
Dutch—
SpanishFrotadora punteada
Chinese—
Sranan Tongokapelka (general name for the group)
Scientific nameStrymon bubastus (Stoll, 1780)

About this species

Strymon bubastus, the disjunct scrub-hairstreak or Bubastus hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Caspar Stoll in 1780. It is found in Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Dominica and Grenada.

Host plants include Phyla nodiflora and Waltheria ovata in Chile.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyLycaenidae
GenusStrymon

In Suriname

11Records in Suriname
17iNaturalist observations
2012First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo3
  • Saramacca3
  • Para2
  • Brokopondo1
  • Commewijne1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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