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Happy #macromonday again!
This is Iolaos lalos, photographed in the Arabuko Sokoke Forest, coastal Kenya. You wouldn’t believe how happy this particular shot made me…
#photography #tropics #theclinae #lepidoptera
December 16, 2024 at 6:18 AM
daisyhenry72.bsky.social
A familia de borboletas que me deixa louca! 🤯👇

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Família Lycaenidae
Home Família Lycaenidae Família Lycaenidae Polyommatinae Theclinae Espécies 0 Gêneros 0 Os licenídeos são uma família de borboletas pequenas e delicadas, conhecidas popularmente como azulinhas, cobrin...
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February 9, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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Magpie moth and hairstreak butterfly on marigolds
(Nyctemera secundiana, Theclinae spp.), dogwalking miscellany

#photography #insects #flowers #urban #dogwalking #moth #butterfly #EastCoastKin
Two bright orange, adjacent marigold flowers in a suburban garden. A large moth with brown delta wings and a white horizontal stripe is feeding on one, a hairstreak butterfly has alighted on the other.
February 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
daisyhenry72.bsky.social
Obrigada Guilherme! 🌼

Ela é muito confusa e tem muitas parecidas. 😤🤔
Eu já escolhi a minha família preferida de borboleta é a Lycaenidae. Já registrei mais 8 delas. 😍

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Subfamília Theclinae
Home Subfamília Theclinae Família LycaenidaeSubfamília Theclinae All Close All164 Allosmaitia1Arawacus7Arcas2Arzecla5Atlides5Aubergina3Badecla2Brangas4Brevianta1Calycopis8Camissecla1Celmia1Chalybs2Chl...
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May 7, 2026 at 12:25 AM
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Ilex Hairstreak Butterfly (Satyrium ilicis) (Esper 1779) - Kalavryta, Greece

Hairstreaks are part of the Sub Family Theclinae, in the family Lycaenidae

They are found in Central and south Europe
#Kalavryta #Greece #Satyriumilicis #Satyrium #Ilex #IlexHairstreak #Hairstreak #HairstreakButterfly
March 7, 2025 at 7:41 AM
jelltex.bsky.social
On a branch above I see another blue; a hairstreak, I would say a White Letter if I was back home, but here, will have to do some research.

Grey Hairstreak Strymon melinus

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Family: Lycaenidae Subfamily: Theclinae Identification: One tail on hindwing. Upperside blue-gray with large red spot near tail. Underside of spring/fall form is dark gray, summer form is paler gray. Relatively straight postmedian line is white, bordered with orange on the inside edge. Wing Span: 7/8 - 1 3/8 inches (2.2 - 3.5 cm). Life History: Males perch all afternoon on small trees and shrubs to seek receptive females. Eggs are laid singly on flowers of host plant. Young caterpillars feed on flowers and fruits; older ones may eat leaves. Chrysalids hibernate. Flight: Two flights from May-September in the north, three-four flights from February-November in the south. Caterpillar Hosts: Flowers and fruits from an almost endless variety of plants; most often from pea (Fabaceae) and mallow (Malvaceae) families including beans (Phaseolus), clovers (Trifolium), cotton (Gossypium), and mallow (Malva). Adult Food: Nectar from many flower species including dogbane, milkweed, mint, winter cress, goldenrod, tick trefoil, and white sweet clover. Habitat: Open, nonforested sites; common in disturbed, weedy areas. Range: Throughout continental United States from southern Canada south to Mexico; southward to Venezuela. Comments: The most widespread hairstreak in North America. Conservation: Not usually required. NCGR: G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.
February 13, 2025 at 7:43 PM
gbifmorpho.bsky.social
New #checklist dataset in @gbif.org: A new Iolaus species (Lycaenidae: Theclinae) from the highlands of central Angola (7 species occurrences) https://www.gbif.org/dataset/bf6431a7-33f3-4cac-9bf7-7d48e7fabfe0
August 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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New #checklist dataset in @gbif.org: Iolaus freyaallanae sp. nov. (Papilionoidea: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) - a new species from Zambia in the genus Iolaus Hübner, [1819], subgenus Iolaphilus Stempffer & Benne… (13 species occurrences) https://www.gbif.org/dataset/99ea7149-cdc9-4ca7-9096-f94240ad3ed1
June 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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New #checklist dataset in @gbif.org: A new species of Iolaus Hübner, [1819] (Papilionoidea: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) in the subgenus Argiolaus Druce, 1891 from Kenya (28 species occurrences) https://www.gbif.org/dataset/71d24029-1163-4fe3-97ad-33d6a0c54348
June 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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New #checklist dataset in @gbif.org: A review of the Ocaria arpoxais species group (Lycaenidae: Theclinae) with the description of a new species previously confused with O. cinerea (Lathy) (43 species occurrences) https://www.gbif.org/dataset/5750ecf8-2dba-46d6-9899-c13ce7e404e5
April 22, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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A review of the Ocaria arpoxais species group (Lycaenidae: Theclinae) with the description of a new species previously confused with O. cinerea (Lathy) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40173476/
April 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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A review of the Ocaria arpoxais species group (Lycaenidae: Theclinae) with the description of a new species previously confused with O. cinerea (Lathy) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40173476/
April 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM