About Chlorostrymon telea (Hewitson, 1868)
Chlorostrymon telea, commonly known as the telea hairstreak, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Lycaenidae. It was first described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1868. This species ranges from southern Texas and Mexico in North America, south through Central America to Colombia, Uruguay, Paraguay, eastern Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile. Its native habitat is the stream valleys of semideciduous dry forests. The wingspan of adult telea hairstreaks measures between 16 and 22 millimeters. In southern Texas, adults are active in flight during June, while in Central America they are on wing from January to July. Adult butterflies feed on flower nectar. The caterpillar larvae of this species feed on the flowers of plants in the Guazuma genus, as well as the Central American soapberry.
