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Long-winged Greeenstreak

(Cyanophrys longula)

 

 

Long-winged Greenstreak (Cyanophrys longula [Hewitson])

Wing span: 13/16 - 1 3/16 inches (2.1 - 3.0 cm).

Identification: Front of head brown. Upperside of male iridescent blue of narrow black margins, female dark iridescent blue. Hindwing below olive-green with a continuous postmedian band of white dashes and brown margins. Upperside of hindwing with trailing edge produced and triangular and with black tufts at vein endings.

Life history: Not described.

Flight: March-May and August-December in Mexico.

Caterpillar hosts: Polyphagous including species in the Asteraceae and Verbenaceae.

Habitat: Oak-Pine and deciduous forest.

Range: Mexico straying into southeastern Arizona.