Ocaria ocrisia

Ocaria ocrisia
O. ocrisia ♀ 235, ♂ 236.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Ocaria
Species:
O. ocrisia
Binomial name
Ocaria ocrisia
(Hewitson, 1868)
Synonyms
  • Thecla ocrisia Hewitson, 1868[1]
  • Thecla zora Hewitson, 1869[2]
  • Thecla peruviana Erschoff, 1876[3]
  • Thecla ocrisia lita Hayward, 1949

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]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hewitson, 1868 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hewitson, 1869 zora was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Erschoff, 1876 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Ocaria at funet
  5. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  6. ^ Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes
  7. ^ sangay.eu