Calycopis isobeon (Butler & Druce, 1872) is a animal in the Lycaenidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Calycopis isobeon (Butler & Druce, 1872) (Calycopis isobeon (Butler & Druce, 1872))
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Calycopis isobeon (Butler & Druce, 1872)

Calycopis isobeon (Butler & Druce, 1872)

Calycopis isobeon, the dusky-blue groundstreak, is an American butterfly sometimes considered conspecific with the red-banded hairstreak.

Family
Genus
Calycopis
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Calycopis isobeon (Butler & Druce, 1872)

Calycopis isobeon, commonly known as the dusky-blue groundstreak, is a butterfly species that is native to the Americas. Its distribution ranges from Venezuela to central Texas in the United States. This species is very similar to the red-banded hairstreak, Calycopis cecrops, and the two are sometimes classified as the same species (conspecific).

Photo: (c) Eduardo Axel Recillas Bautista, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Eduardo Axel Recillas Bautista · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Lycaenidae Calycopis

More from Lycaenidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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