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Great purple hairstreak. The great purple hairstreak ( Atlides halesus ), also called the great blue hairstreak, is a common gossamer-winged butterfly species in parts of the United States. It is actually a Neotropical species; its North American range only includes the warm- temperate and subtropical parts of that continent, and it ranges ...
Binomial name. Favonius quercus. ( Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms [1] The purple hairstreak ( Favonius quercus) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae distributed throughout much of Europe, [2] North Africa, Anatolia, Caucasia, and Transcaucasia. [3] The larva feeds on Quercus robur, Quercus petraea, Quercus cerris and Quercus ilex .
Atlides halesus – great purple hairstreak, great blue hairstreak; Atlides halljasoni Bálint & Wojtusiak, 2006; Atlides havila (Hewitson, 1865) Atlides inachus (Cramer, [1775]) Atlides misma D'Abrera, 1995; Atlides polama (Schaus, 1902) Atlides polybe (Linnaeus, 1763) Atlides rustan (Stoll, [1790]) Atlides thargelia (Burmeister, 1878) Atlides ...
The bog sage Salvia uliginosa blooms all summers attracting a wide range of pollinators like bees and this Great Purple Hairstreak butterfly. Many different varieties of Salvia are available and ...
Theclinae. The subfamily Theclinae is a group of butterflies, often referred to as hairstreaks, with some species instead known as elfins or by other names. The group is part of the family Lycaenidae, the "gossamer-winged butterflies". There are many tropical species as well as a number found in the Americas.
Chlorostrymon chileana K. Johnson, 1989 [1] Chlorostrymon simaethis, the silver-banded hairstreak, is a North and South American butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. [2] [3] It is also known as St. Christopher's hairstreak and the Key lime hairstreak. [4]
Colorado hairstreak. The Colorado hairstreak ( Hypaurotis crysalus) is a montane butterfly native to oak scrubland in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It was designated the state insect of Colorado in 1996. [1] It is the only species in the genus Hypaurotis. [2] The Colorado hairstreak is found associated with the Gambel oak.
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, [1] whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly species. The family comprises seven subfamilies, including the blues ( Polyommatinae ), the ...