Dusky-blue groundstreak
Calycopis isobeon
The dusky-blue groundstreak is a small butterfly from the Americas. It has a twin that looks almost exactly the same, the red-banded hairstreak. Telling them apart is a real puzzle.
Lives in
From Venezuela in South America up to central Texas
Can it hurt you?
Harmless
Harmless. Like all butterflies, it cannot bite or sting.
What does it eat?
Like other butterflies, the grown-ups sip sweet nectar from flowers.
How fast is it?
A person walking about 5 km/h (3.1 mph)
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Dusky-blue groundstreak about 15 km/h (9.3 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
It lives across a long stretch of land, from Venezuela all the way up to Texas.
2
Some scientists think it and the red-banded hairstreak are really one and the same species.
3
It belongs to the gossamer-winged butterflies, the family of small blues, coppers and hairstreaks.
you asked
Most asked questions about Dusky-blue groundstreak
?Where does the dusky-blue groundstreak live?
From Venezuela up through Central America and Mexico to central Texas.
?Is the dusky-blue groundstreak dangerous?
No. It is a small, harmless butterfly.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Calycopis isobeon
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Lycaenidae
- Lives on
- North America, South America
Where the facts come from
- Calycopis isobeon (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Accassidy. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
If we got something wrong, sorry, we are bug fans, not a science journal. Tell us at [email protected] and we will fix it.
Bug Wiki honey jar For grown-ups: Bug Wiki is free, with no ads and no tracking. A small tip helps keep it online.Leave a tip
Monarch butterfly
Peacock butterfly
Blue morpho
Old World swallowtail
Small white
Eastern tiger swallowtail
Common carder bee
Wool carder bee
Ring-legged earwig
Bee moth
Candy-stripe spider
Six-spot burnet