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Black Hairstreak
Rigoberto Ramírez Cortés, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Butterflies & moths

Black Hairstreak

Ocaria ocrisia (Hewitson, 1868)

Names

EnglishBlack Hairstreak
Dutch—
SpanishMariposa sedosa negra
Chinese—
Sranan Tongokapelka (general name for the group)
Scientific nameOcaria ocrisia (Hewitson, 1868)

About this species

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. It has also been recorded in southern Arizona. The habitat consists of rainforests at altitudes ranging from 200 to 900 meters.

The wingspan is about 27 mm.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyLycaenidae
GenusOcaria

In Suriname

2Records in Suriname
1iNaturalist observations
2018First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Wanica1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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