Based mainly on Johnson, 1989, J. Lepid. Soc. 43 (2), and most of the literature references are from this.
S.California, S.Arizona, S.Texas, SA (except Amazon basin), Antilles. See [About maps]
Silver-banded Hairstreak
Larva on Cardiospermum halicacabum, C. corindum [NAB]
S.Texas, Mexico - Colombia, Uruguay, Paraguay, E.Bolivia, Argentina, Chile. See [About maps]
Telea Hairstreak
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Thecla telea ; Kirby, 1871, Syn. Cat. diurn. Lep. : 398; Hewitson, 1873, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (5): 143, pl. 57, f. 350-351; Dewitz, 1877, Stettin Ent. Ztg 38: 233, pl. 1; Godman & Salvin, [1887], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 82; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 720; Godman & Salvin, 1879-1901, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop.: 720; Möschler, 1889, Abh. senckenb. nat. Ges. 16 : 301; Stċhl, 1882, in Stċhl (ed), Fauna Puerto Rico: 93; Gundlach, 1887, Ann. Soc. Espanola Hist. Nat. 16: 622; Draudt, 1919, in Seitz, Macrolepidoptera of the World (Thecla): 798, pl. 8,f.; Kaye, 1926, Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1925 (3/4) : 462; Barnes & Benjamin, 1923, Bull. So. Calif. Acad. Sci. 25: 17; Holland, 1931, The Butterfly Book (1931 edn): 232; Bates, 1935, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 78 : 190; Wolcott, 1936, J. Dept. Agric. Puerto Rico 20 (1): 402; Hoffmann, 1941, Sobret. Ann. Inst. Biol. Mexico, D.F. I (Papilionoidea) : 642 [?]; Beatty, 1944, J. Agric. Univ. Puerto Rico 28: 157; Comstock, 1944, N.Y. Acad. Sci., Survey Porto Rico and Virgin Is. 12 (1): 488; Avinoff & Shoumatoff, 1946, Ann. Carnegie Mus. 30: 284; Hayward, 1973, Opera Lilloana 23: 158 |
Thecla maesites telea ; Comstock & Huntington, 1943, Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 45 (2) : 73; Comstock & Huntington, 1964, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 72: 123; Zikán & Zikán, 1968, Seç. Ent. Firo Patulog Pesq. Agropec. Braz. 3: 57 Eupsyche telea ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 36; Wolcott, 1936, J. Dept. Agric. Puerto Rico 20 (1): 402; Grossbeck, 1917, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 37: 23 Chalybs telea ; Kaye, 1921, Mem. Dept. Agric. Trinidad and Tobago 2: 103; Barcant, 1970, Butts. Trinidad & Tobago: 85 Strymon telea ; Barnes & McDunnough, 1917, Check List Lep. Boreal America : 13; McDunnough, 1938, Mem. South. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 24; Rindge, 1952, Amer. mus. Novit. 1563: 11; Ziegler, 1960, J. Lep. Soc. 14 (1960): 22; Lipes, 1961, Texas J. Lepid. Soc. 15: 56; dos Passos, 1964, Lepid. Soc. Mem. 1: 55 ?Strymon telea ; [BOW: pl. 67. f. 31] Strymon maesites telea ; Young, 1937, Entomol. News 48: 47; Klots, 1951, A field guide butts N. America, E Great Plains: 139; Kimball, 1965, Lepid. Florida, Checklist: 47 Chlorostrymon maesites telea ; Brown & Heineman, 1972, 229; [BNA: 360] Chlorostrymon telea ; Clench, 1961, in P & A. Erlich (eds.), How to know the butterflies: 190; Clench, 1976, Ann. Carnegie Mus. 46 (16): 269; Clench, 1977, Ann. Carnegie Mus. 46 (12): 186; dos Passos, 1970, J. Lep. Soc. 24: 27; Riley, 1975, Field Guide butts West Indies: 100; Thorne, 1975, in Howe, Butterflies of North America: 278; Ross, 1975, J. Res. Lepid. 14: 189; Miller & Brown, 1981, Mem. Lep. Soc. 2: 99; [NACL, #4272]; [NAB: 464]; Opler & Krizek, 1984, Butts E of Great Plains: 89; Johnson, 1989, J. Lepid. Soc. 43 (2): 133, f. 2A-B, 5E, K, 6G, J-L; [Opler]; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 212 |
Cuba, S.Florida. See [About maps]
Amethyst Hairstreak
N.Chile (Tarapaca State). See [About maps]
Thecla kuscheli Ureta, 1949; Bol. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Chile 24: 98, pl. 1, f. 4, TL: Larancagua, Tarapaca, Chile, 2800m11.12.2011 (6)
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