Ocaria ocrisia explained

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.^[1] It has also been recorded in southern Arizona.^[2] The habitat consists of rainforests at altitudes ranging from 200 to 900 meters.^[3]

The wingspan is about 27 mm.^[4]

References

• Ocaria ocrisia in Butterflies of America catalog

Further reading

• Book: Godman. Frederick Ducane. Salvin. Osbert. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera. 1887. 2. 49. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/589311. Thecla ocrisia.

  Pl. 54, Figs. 5, 6.

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• Book: Hewitson. William C.. Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera: Lycænidæ. 1869. Taylor and Francis. London. 123–124. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30120995. Thecla Ocrisia Hewitson. 1 .

  Pl. 48, Figs. 235, 236.

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• Pelham. Jonathan P.. A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 2008. 40. 212. 10.5962/p.332201 . 248737151 . free.

Notes and References

1. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/theclinae/ocaria/index.html Ocaria at funet
2. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=4289 mothphotographersgroup
3. http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Amazon%20-%20Ocaria%20ocrisia.htm Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes
4. http://www.sangay.eu/ficha-principale.php?ref=751&lang=en sangay.eu