Strymon rufofusca, known generally as the red-crescent scrub-hairstreak or red-crescent hairstreak, is a species of hairstreak in the butterfly family Lycaenidae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Red-crescent Scrub-Hairstreak being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Strymon
- Species
- Strymon rufofusca
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