Green & Red hairstreak?? ID needed plz- pics

13 years ago

Hi everyone,

i found this butterfly on my lantana plants today. Ive never sen one like this before. The inside of the wings are blueish. Only got these two pics before he flew away.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Siam.

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MissSherry
13 years ago
It might be Thecla coronata, Hewitson's blue hairstreak, Siam.
It's beyond gorgeous!!
Sherry

Here is a link that might be useful: Thecla coronata
ladobe
13 years ago
Good job getting it in the ball park Sherry (and "green" is your color). It looks like it is an Evenus (Thecla), but could be one of several species that are very similar. Hard not to love the Neotropic leps isn't it? Sapodilla and eggfruit are possible larval food plants, but there would be others.

Siam, if you picked up some books you might look up E. coronata as Sherry suggested, and E. regalis, E. candidus, E. gabriela and maybe E. batesii for starters. If you don't find it there try the Lamasina genus as another possibility.

Great find,

Larry
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siam_cannas
Original Author
13 years ago
Thanks for the ID guys. Yes Miss Sherry does love green coloured butterflies :)
Larry, thanks for the heads up on the host plant, thats sometihng i would definitely want to include in my garden. Sapodillas are fairly common in this country.
Siam.
butterflymomok
13 years ago
I think that is absolutely the most beautiful hairstreak I have ever seen. All I can say is "Wow!" Thanks so much for sharing all your beautiful butterflies with the Butterfly Forum.

Sandy
siam_cannas
Original Author
13 years ago
Hi everyone, i got a few more pics of him this evening.
hope you like. He was going to sleep on a heliconia leaf!

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Siam.
ladobe
13 years ago
I'm going to lean towards Evenus regalis. That was my first impression and the better pictures push me there even more so. I can't key it out without digging books out of storage (which I'm not going to do), but this one has traits of regalis more so than of coronata to me. If I'm wrong it wouldn't be the first time though. LOL

Same LFP's either way Siam.

Larry

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