Crowned Hairstreak butterfly

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Washington, DC, United States

Top view of a male Evenus coronata, or Crowne Hairstreak butterfly, from Baños, Ecuador. This species occurs in cloud forest from Peru north to the mountains of Mexico, but it is a very rare species in Central America. Its caterpillars eat the leaves of trees in the Sapotaceae.

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Title: Crowned Hairstreak butterfly
Location: Baños, Ecuador, South American
Type: Insect
Rights: This image was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution. The image or its contents may be protected by international copyright laws. http://www.si.edu/termsofuse
Scientific Name: <i>Evenus coronata</i>
Photo Credit: James Di Loreto, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
Field: Entomology

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Butterflies Ecology Ecuador Insects