Parrhasius m-album

Species of butterfly

Parrhasius m-album

Conservation status

Secure  (NatureServe)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Lycaenidae
Genus:  | Parrhasius
Species:  |

P. m-album

Binomial name
Parrhasius m-album

Boisduval & Leconte, 1833

Parrhasius m-album, or the white M hairstreak, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the United States from western Connecticut to southeast Iowa, southern Missouri to east Texas, the Gulf Coast, and peninsular Florida. On rare occasions some stray to Michigan and Wisconsin.[2]

The wingspan of Parrhasius m-album is 32–41 mm.

The larvae feed on Quercus virginiana and other Quercus species.

## References

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1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Parrhasius m-album White-m Hairstreak". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
2. ^ Opler, Paul A.; Harry Pavulaan; Ray E. Stanford; Michael Pogue; coordinators (2006). "Parrhasius m-album". Big Sky Institute. Retrieved 2009-03-09.

Taxon identifiers

Parrhasius m-album|

* Wikidata: Q3062208
* BAMONA: Parrhasius-m-album
* BioLib: 703138
* BOLD: 97643
* BugGuide: 13876
* CoL: 4DT56
* EoL: 262312
* GBIF: 1931116
* iNaturalist: 127490
* IRMNG: 11361098
* ITIS: 777880
* LepIndex: 199855
* MONA: 4335
* NatureServe: 2.114288
* NCBI: 2753934
* Open Tree of Life: 3139872