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Butterflies of
the Amazon and Andes
Hewitson's Black Hairstreak
Ocaria ocrisia
HEWITSON, 1868
Family -
LYCAENIDAE
subfamily -
THECLINAE
Tribe - EUMAEINI
Ocaria ocrisia,
Satipo, Peru.
Introduction
All neotropical Theclines are placed in the tribe Eumaeini, which comprises of
1,058 currently known species
classified into 83 genera. The Eumaeini are very poorly represented in museum
collections, and until very recently were ignored by most workers, the exception
being Robbins, whose revision of the tribe was published in the Lamas
neotropical checklist, 2004.
The genus Ocaria comprises of 16 known species, of
which ocrisia is probably the commonest and most
widespread, being found across most of the upper Amazonian region in Venezuela,
Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil.
Habitats
This species is found in rainforest at altitudes between
about 200-900m. It is often seen in disturbed areas including forest-edge
habitats, glades and clearings.
Lifecycle
To be completed.
Adult behaviour
The butterflies are usually encountered as singletons, with males
often found imbibing moisture from boulders, patches of damp soil,
peccary wallows or cattle dung.
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