Red-banded hairstreak explained

The red-banded hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops) is a butterfly native to the southeastern United States. It feeds on fallen leaves of sumac species and other trees. Its size ranges from 0.9-. It lives near coastal areas.

Its genome was sequenced in 2016.[1] It has a false "head" that helps it avoid predators. In a 2012 experiment, C. cecrops was exposed to a jumping spider, Phidippus pulcherrimus, which researchers found to be a "very efficient strategy in deflecting attacks."[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Cong . Qian . Shen . Jinhui . Borek . Dominika . Robbins . Robert K. . Otwinowski . Zbyszek . Grishin . Nick V. . Complete genomes of Hairstreak butterflies, their speciation and nucleo-mitochondrial incongruence . Scientific Reports . 28 April 2016 . 6 . 1 . 24863 . 10.1038/srep24863 . 27120974 . 4848470 . 2016NatSR...624863C .
  2. Sourakov . Andrei . Two heads are better than one: false head allows Calycopis cecrops (Lycaenidae) to escape predation by a Jumping Spider, Phidippus pulcherrimus (Salticidae) . Journal of Natural History . April 2013 . 47 . 15–16 . 1047–1054 . 10.1080/00222933.2012.759288 . 2013JNatH..47.1047S . 84454608 .

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