Ostrinotes Explained

Ostrinotes is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.^[1]

Species

• Ostrinotes purpuriticus (H. Druce, 1907) cryptic hairstreak – southeast Mexico to Colombia
• Ostrinotes empusa (Hewitson, 1867) Empusa hairstreak – Panama to Argentina
• Ostrinotes halciones (A. Butler & H. Druce, 1872) halciones hairstreak – Mexico to Brazil
• Ostrinotes tympania (Hewitson, 1869) Brazil
• Ostrinotes tarena (Hewitson, 1874) French Guiana
• Ostrinotes gentiana (H. Druce, 1907) Colombia
• Ostrinotes sospes (Draudt, 1920) Colombia
• Ostrinotes keila (Hewitson, 1869) Keila hairstreak – Mexico to Colombia
• Ostrinotes sophocles (Fabricius, 1793) "Indiis" and Brazil

Notes and References

1. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/theclinae/ostrinotes/ "Ostrinotes Johnson, Austin, Le Crom & Salazar, 1997"