Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Ruddy 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
- Electrostrymon endymion
- Kisutam syllis
- Pendantus guzanta
- Calycopis caulonia
- Arzecla tucumanensis
- Strymon bebrycia
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Electrostrymon
- Species
- Electrostrymon hugon
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