''Calycopis isobeon'', the dusky-blue groundstreak, is a butterfly native to the Americas, ranging from

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

to central

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. It is very similar to the

red-banded hairstreak 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. It is in size. It lives near coastal areas. Its genome was sequenced in 2016. ...

(''Calycopis cecrops'') and the two are sometimes treated as conspecific.

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Butterflies & Moths of North America
isobeon Butterflies of North America Butterflies described in 1872 Lycaenidae of South America Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler Taxa named by Herbert Druce {{Lycaenidae-stub