Overview
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Description
Subfamily Theclinae
Hairstreaks are members of the Family Lycaenidae. Richest in tropical habitats , hairstreaks are numerous in the Americas and comprise about 1,000 species. In tropical species, the upperside of small to medium-sized adults is often iridescent blue, due to reflected light from the wing scales . However, most of the North American species are brown above. Migration is rare, but a few species (such as the Gray Hairstreak) are good long-distance colonists . Males perch to await mates, and females lay eggs singly. Caterpillars usually feed on leaves or reproductive structures of woody trees or shrubs . Interestingly, the chrysalids of several species can produce sounds between their abdominal segments, likely related to their interactions with ants . Hairstreaks typically overwinter in the egg or pupal stage.[1]
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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- animals
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Arthropods
- Class:
Insecta
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- Insects
- Order:
Lepidoptera
()
- Butterflies and Moths
- Family:
Papilionoidea
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- Family:
Papilionoidea
(
- Order:
Lepidoptera
(
- Class:
Insecta
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- Phylum:
Arthropoda
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Notes
Name Status: Provisionally Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Beccaloni G.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Thestor
There are approximately 47 species in this genus:
T. alpina · T. aridus · T. aurantiaca · T. ballus · T. basuta · T. brachycera · T. brachycerus · T. braunsi · T. callimachus · T. calviniae · T. compassbergae · T. dentata · T. dicksoni · T. dobrogensis · T. dryburghi · T. dukei · T. epiphania · T. fedtschenkoi · T. hafis · T. holmesi · T. kaplani (Kaplan's Thestor) · T. monotona · T. montanus · T. murrayi · T. nesimachus · T. nogelii · T. obscura · T. obscurus · T. penningtoni · T. petalus · T. petra · T. pictus · T. pringlei · T. protumnus · T. rileyi · T. rooibergensis · T. rossouwi · T. roussowi · T. silvius · T. stepheni · T. strutti · T. swanepoeli · T. syriaca-splendens · T. tempe · T. umbra · T. vansoni · T. yildizae
More Info
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Further Reading
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5455710
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lep-194810.0
- IUCN ID: 21750
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 12128
Footnotes
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