Red banded hairstreak

Red banded hairstreak

Taxobox
name = Red banded hairstreak


image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
superfamilia = Papilionoidea
familia = Lycaenidae
subfamilia = Theclinae
genus = "Calycopis"
species = "C. cecrops"
binomial = "Calycopis cecrops"
binomial_authority = Fabricius, 1793

Red Banded Hairstreak ("Calycopis cecrops") - is a butterfly native to the south eastern United States. It feeds on fallen leaves of sumac species and other trees.

External links

* [http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1570 Butterflies & Moths of North America]


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