Ocaria ocrisia
| Ocaria ocrisia | |
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| O. ocrisia ♀ 235, ♂ 236. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Papilionoidea |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Ocaria |
| Species: | O. ocrisia
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| Binomial name | |
| Ocaria ocrisia (Hewitson, 1868)
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| Synonyms | |
Ocaria ocrisia, the black hairstreak or Hewitson's blackstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1868. It is found from Mexico to Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Ecuador and Argentina.[4] It has also been recorded in southern Arizona.[5] The habitat consists of rainforests at altitudes ranging from 200 to 900 meters.[6]
The wingspan is about 27 mm.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Hewitson, W. C. (1868). "Thecla Ocrisia". Descriptions of Some New Species of Lycænidæ. London: John Van Voorst. pp. 5–6.
- ^ Hewitson, William C. (1869). "Thecla Zora Hewitson". Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera: Lycænidæ. Vol. 1. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 134–135Pl. 53, Figs. 304, 305.
{{cite book}}: External link in|postscript= - ^ Erschoff, N. (1876). "Trudy Russkago entomologicheskago obshchestva" Описаніе новыхъ видовъ экзотическихъ чешуекрылыхъ: Статья II. Труды Русскаго Энтомологическаго Общества. 10 (1): 57–59Pl. 1, Fig. 4.
{{cite journal}}: External link in|postscript= - ^ Ocaria at funet
- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes
- ^ sangay.eu
Further reading
[edit]- Godman, Frederick Ducane; Salvin, Osbert (1887). "Thecla ocrisia". Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera. Vol. 2. p. 49Pl. 54, Figs. 5, 6.
{{cite book}}: External link in|postscript= - Hewitson, William C. (1869). "Thecla Ocrisia Hewitson". Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera: Lycænidæ. Vol. 1. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 123–124Pl. 48, Figs. 235, 236.
{{cite book}}: External link in|postscript= - Pelham, Jonathan P. (2008). "A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada". Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 40: 212. doi:10.5962/p.332201. S2CID 248737151.