Ocaria ocrisia

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 from southern Arizona.[5] The habitat consists of rainforests at altitudes ranging from 200 to 900 meters.[6]

Ocaria ocrisia
O. ocrisia ♀ 235, ♂ 236.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
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

The wingspan is about 27 mm.[7]

References

1. Hewitson, W. C. (1868). "Thecla Ocrisia". Descriptions of Some New Species of Lycænidæ. London: John Van Voorst. pp. 5–6.
2. Hewitson, William C. (1869). "Thecla Zora Hewitson". Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera: Lycænidæ. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 134–135; Pl. 53, Figs. 304, 305.
3. Erschoff, N. (1876). Описаніе новыхъ видовъ экзотическихъ чешуекрылыхъ: Статья II. Труды Русскаго Энтомологическаго Общества. 10 (1): 57–59; Pl. 1, Fig. 4.
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• Ocaria ocrisia in Butterflies of America catalog

Further reading

• Godman, Frederick Ducane; Salvin, Osbert (1887). "Thecla ocrisia". Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera. 2. p. 49; Pl. 54, Figs. 5, 6.
• Hewitson, William C. (1869). "Thecla Ocrisia Hewitson". Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera: Lycænidæ. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 123–124; Pl. 48, Figs. 235, 236.
• Pelham, Jonathan P. (2008). "A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada". Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 40: 212.