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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies (excluding skippers) (Papilionoidea) » Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters (Lycaenidae) » Hairstreaks (Theclinae) » Hypaurotis » Colorado Hairstreak (Hypaurotis crysalus)

Species Hypaurotis crysalus - Colorado Hairstreak

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Colorado Hairstreak - Hypaurotis crysalus Colorado Hairstreak: Color Is Off - Hypaurotis crysalus - male Colorado Hairstreak: Color Is Off - Hypaurotis crysalus - male
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies (excluding skippers))
Family Lycaenidae (Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters)
Subfamily Theclinae (Hairstreaks)
Genus Hypaurotis
Species crysalus (Colorado Hairstreak)
Size
Large hairstreak 40-45mm wingspan.
Identification
Underwing is light gray and it's the only western hairstreak with a white basil stripe on the HW. Dorsal, bright purple and black with orange spots near the tail.
Range
Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico.
Habitat
Canyons with oak.
Season
May to November, but mainly July-August.
Food
Gambel's Oak.
Life Cycle
1 brood in most areas, 2 broods occasionally.
Print References
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Works Cited
1.Butterflies of North America (Kaufman Focus Guides)
By Jim P. Brock, Kenn Kaufman
2.Butterflies Through Binoculars: The West : A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Western North America (Butterflies and Others Thr
By Jeffrey Glassberg
Contributed by tom murray on 22 July, 2005 - 4:36pm
Last updated 15 October, 2005 - 2:48pm

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