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Calycopis cecrops (Red-banded Hairstreak)

Synonyms: Calycopis beon; Hesperia cecrops; Strymon gottschalki; Strymon poeas

Wikipedia Abstract

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 0.9–1.25 inches (23–32 mm). It lives near coastal areas.
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Infraspecies

Calycopis cecrops cecrops
Calycopis cecrops chacona

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.142 inches (.029 m)

Prey / Diet

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3HOSTS - 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