Mid-elevation

Guides

• Cyanophrys herodotus

  Tropical Greenstreak, Tropical Green Hairstreak

  Cyanophrys herodotus is a small Neotropical hairstreak butterfly (Lycaenidae) described by Fabricius in 1793. It ranges from Mexico through Central America to Argentina, with rare strays reaching southern Texas. The species inhabits open disturbed areas in tropical and subtropical forests at 600–2,000 m elevation, where adults feed on flower nectar and larvae feed on leaves and flowers of various shrubs and trees.

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