#3148 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Red-banded Hairstreak

Calycopis cecrops

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Patrick Coin · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Kathryn Wells · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Eliot VanOtteren · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © kcook · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Montgomery County, TX, USA:© Sue Stutzman · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge:© bradleysmith · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. North Brunswick Township, NJ, USA:© hb2000 · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Rogers, AR, USA:© Carl Dobson · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The red-banded hairstreak ( Calycopis cecrops ) is a butterfly native to the southeastern United States. It feeds on fallen leaves of sumac species and other trees. 25 inches (23–32 mm). It lives near coastal areas.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 29,786iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
29,786 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793 (233 years ago).