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Ocaria ocrisia
O. ocrisia ♀ 235, ♂ 236.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Papilionoidea
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Ocaria
Species:	O. ocrisia
Binomial name
Ocaria ocrisia (Hewitson, 1868)
Synonyms
Thecla ocrisia Hewitson, 1868 Thecla zora Hewitson, 1869 Thecla peruviana Erschoff, 1876 Thecla ocrisia lita Hayward, 1949

Ocaria ocrisia, the black hairstreak or Hewitson's blackstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1868. It is found from Mexico to Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, Ecuador and Argentina. It has also been recorded in southern Arizona. The habitat consists of rainforests at altitudes ranging from 200 to 900 meters.

The wingspan is about 27 mm.

References

1. Hewitson, W. C. (1868). "Thecla Ocrisia". Descriptions of Some New Species of Lycænidæ. London: John Van Voorst. pp. 5–6.
2. Hewitson, William C. (1869). "Thecla Zora Hewitson". Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera: Lycænidæ. Vol. 1. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 134–135Pl. 53, Figs. 304, 305. {{cite book}}: External link in |postscript= (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)
3. Erschoff, N. (1876). "Trudy Russkago entomologicheskago obshchestva" Описаніе новыхъ видовъ экзотическихъ чешуекрылыхъ: Статья II. Труды Русскаго Энтомологическаго Общества. 10 (1): 57–59Pl. 1, Fig. 4. {{cite journal}}: External link in |postscript= (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)
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• Ocaria ocrisia in Butterflies of America catalog

Further reading

• Godman, Frederick Ducane; Salvin, Osbert (1887). "Thecla ocrisia". Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera. Vol. 2. p. 49Pl. 54, Figs. 5, 6. {{cite book}}: External link in |postscript= (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)
• Hewitson, William C. (1869). "Thecla Ocrisia Hewitson". Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera: Lycænidæ. Vol. 1. London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 123–124Pl. 48, Figs. 235, 236. {{cite book}}: External link in |postscript= (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)
• Pelham, Jonathan P. (2008). "A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada". Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 40: 212. doi:10.5962/p.332201. S2CID 248737151.

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• Lycaenidae of South America
• Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson
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• Lepidoptera of Peru
• Lepidoptera of Ecuador
• Lepidoptera of Argentina
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