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Chlorostrymon telea


Chlorostrymon telea
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Copyright: Jesus Linares (jlinaresp) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 456 W: 17 N: 924] (3442)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-07-04
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon SX 110 IS
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/800 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Theme(s): South American Butterflies 2 [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2009-07-05 6:35
Viewed: 381
Points: 34
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [Spanish]
From the garden of my mother!

;-)

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked): Rhopalocera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Lycaenidae
Sub-family: Theclinae
Tribus: Eumaeini
Genus: Chlorostrymon
Species: Chlorostrymon telea

The Lycaenidae are the second-largest family of butterflies, with about 6000 species worldwide,
whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 40% of the known butterfly species.

The family is traditionally divided into the subfamilies of the blues (Polyommatinae), the coppers (Lycaeninae), the hairstreaks (Theclinae) and the harvesters (Miletinae); others include also the Lipteninae, Liphyrinae and Poritiinae. A few authorities still include the family Riodinidae within the Lycaenidae. The sole member of the subfamily Styginae is represented by Styx infernalis from the Peruvian Andes. Recent molecular evidence places Styginae within the family Riodinidae.

Adults are small, under 5 cm usually, and brightly coloured, sometimes with a metallic gloss. The male's forelegs are reduced in size and lack claws.

Larvae are often flattened rather than cylindrical, with glands that may produce secretions that attract and subdue ants. Their cuticles tend to be thickened. Some larva are capable of producing vibrations and low sounds that are transmitted through the plants. They use these sounds to communicate with ants.

Adult individuals often have hairy antenna-like tails complete with black and white annulated appearance. Many species also have a spot at the base of the tail and some turn around upon landing to confuse potential predators from recognizing the true head orientation. This causes predators to approach from the true head end resulting in early visual detection.

Ecology:

ycaenids are diverse in their food habits and apart from phytophagy, some of them are entomophagous feeding on aphids and ant larvae. Some of them are also associated with ant and are fed by ants. Not all Lycaenidae butterflies need ants, but about 75% of species associate with ants.[4] The term used to describe such ant association is myrmecophily. These associations can be mutualistic, parasitic or predatory, depending on the species.

In some species, larvae are attended and protected by ants while feeding on the host plant, and the ants receive sugar-rich honeydew from them, throughout the larval life. In other species, only the first few instars are spent on the plant, and the remainder of the larval lifespan is spent as a predator within the ant nest. It becomes a parasite, feeding on ant regurgitations, or a predator on the ant larvae.

The caterpillars pupate inside the ant's nest and the ants continue to look after the pupa. Just before the adult emerges the wings of the butterfly inside the pupal case detach from it, and the pupa becomes silvery. The adult butterfly emerges from the pupa after 3-4 weeks, still inside the ant nest. The butterfly must crawl out of the ant nest before it can expand its wings.

Several evolutionary adaptations enable these associations and they include small glands on the skin of the caterpillars called pore cupola organs. Caterpillars of many species except those of the Riodininae have a gland on the 7th abdominal segment that produces honey dew and is called the dorsal nectary gland (also called Newcomer's gland). An eversible organ called the tentacular organ is present on the 8th abdominal segment (third segment of thorax in the Riodininae) and this is cylindrical and topped with a ring of spikes and emits chemical signals which are believed to help in communicating with ants.

As many as 30% of world's threatened butterflies are lycaenid.

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Sspecific ID:

Chlorostrymon telea (Hewitson, 1868)
(Telea Hairstreak)

Thanks to Alan (accassidy) by the support.

Reference links:
http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabast/teleahairstreak.html
http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Chlorostrymon_telea
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Hi MF Jesus,
A stunningly perfect macro capture of a spectacular lycaenid species -which i have not seen before- perched on a Lantana camara flower for licking nectar from wonderful low POV with great DOF, neat details and fine composition.
TFS and have an amusing Sunday!
Cheers,
Bayram

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  • roges Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 590 W: 0 N: 497] (3004)
  • [2009-07-05 7:12]

Ola Jesus !

Muy interesante y hermoso macro que le damos.
Claridad, contraste, color de arriba!
Mis felicitaciones
Adrian

Hello Jesus,
You have captured a very interesting Lycaenid here, thank you very much. The focus is very good and the colours very natural. Personally, I would have preferred a closer crop, so the we saw the butterfly a bit larger in the frame.
I think this is a species of the Genus Chlorostrymon, possibly C. telea but almost certainly one of its close relatives.
Keep up the good work. Best wishes,
Alan

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  • siggi Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1367 W: 56 N: 4680] (16082)
  • [2009-07-05 9:05]

Hello Jesus,
Nice shot on this beautifully posed Lycaeanid. Nice pov and well composed. Very well done.
Best regards Siggi

Hi Jesus,
A nice capture of this beautiful butterfly. Very good sharp details and a lovely composition. Thanks a lot for sharing.

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  • Argus Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3802 W: 190 N: 11310] (34871)
  • [2009-07-05 10:00]
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Hello Jesús,
A very nice capture of this Lycaenid butterfly taken on a lantana flower in your mother's garden. As it is pretty sharp I think you could have cropped it to show a closer view but it is well composed against a fine OOF natural BG.
Thanks and best regards,
Ivan

Ciao Jesus,
che bellissima cattura di Teclina, in Europa non ci sono molte specie di questa sottofamiglia, ottima nitidezza ed eccelelnte POV per mostrare le splendide ali posteriori con le particolari piccole code di questa graziosa farfalla, molto bella anche l'ambientazione sui colorattissimi fiori.
Grazie e complimenti
Ciao Maurizio

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2380 W: 94 N: 5487] (17484)
  • [2009-07-05 10:58]

Hello Jesús,
Beautiful photo in very nice clear colours and good sharpness. Great POV, DOF, composition and green BG.
Regards,
Peter

Ciao Jesus, wonderful composition with lovely butterfly on beautiful flowers, fantastic colors, fine details and splendid sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

Salut Jesus,
Superbes couleurs, très beau travail de composition. Le petit Lycanidae est très net. Peut-être un peu trop petit dans l'ensemble? Elle doit avoir un beau jardin votre mère... Bravo pour elle aussi! Amitiés,
Catherine

hello Jesús

beautiful composition of this butterfly with fine POV
and i love the way it is framed on the image,
beautiful luminosity, excellent sharpness and details,

TFS

Asbed

nice capture of the butterfly sipping nectar from lantana bush, i liked the colours and the pov selected very much, the only nit is the over exposed petals of the small flowers,
tfs & regards
pankaj

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  • zetu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 643 W: 15 N: 1566] (6115)
  • [2009-07-05 23:00]

Hello Jesus
Nice composition and beautiful colors. Well done.
Regards
Razvan

hello Jesus
very beautiful bloomed composition, very beautiful picture
TFS
Nasos

Cioa Jesus. Great compo and splendid colours for this little and detailed friend.

Roberto

ciao Jesus!
a beautiful lycaenidae species
good compo well shown in an environment rich in color and with excellent details of eyes and body

best sERGIO

Hola Jesús,

Bonito documento. Gracias por tus comentarios, Tengo poco tiempo hoy para comentarios ya que estoy de viaje.

Un abrazo: J. Ignasi.

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