Ocaria ocrisia

Ocaria ocrisia
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
  • Thecla zora Hewitson, 1869
  • Thecla peruviana Erschoff, 1876
  • Thecla ocrisia lita Hayward, 1949

Ocaria ocrisia, the Black Hairstreak or Hewitson's Blackstreak, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It was described by Hewitson in 1868. It is found from Mexico to Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Ecuador and Argentina.[1] It has also been recorded from southern Arizona.[2] The habitat consists of rainforests at altitudes ranging from 200 to 900 meters.[3]

The wingspan is about 27 mm.[4]

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