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Hypaurotis crysalus (Colorado hairstreak)

Synonyms: Thecla crysalus

Wikipedia Abstract

The Colorado hairstreak butterfly (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.
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Infraspecies

Hypaurotis crysalus crysalus
Hypaurotis crysalus intermedia

Emblem of

Colorado

Prey / Diet

Quercus gambelii (Shin Oak)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0