Stripe-streaks

Arawacus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. They are commonly called stripestreaks. The species of this genus are found in the Neotropical realm.

Species include (17 species are recognized by Butterflies of America):

Arawacus aethesa (Hewitson, 1867) Brazil (Bahia)

Arawacus aetolus (Sulzer, 1776) Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Bolivia, Suriname

Arawacus binangula (Schaus, 1902) Brazil (Paraná)

Arawacus dolylas (Cramer, [1777]) Surinam, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia

Arawacus dumenilii (Godart, [1824]) Venezuela, Trinidad

Arawacus ellida (Hewitson, 1867) Venezuela, Paraguay, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)

Arawacus euptychia (Draudt, 1920) Brazil

Arawacus hypocrita (Schaus, 1913) Costa Rica, Mexico

Arawacus jada (Hewitson, 1867) North America – creamy stripe-streak, nightshade hairstreak

Arawacus leucogyna (C. & R.Felder, 1865) Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia

Arawacus lincoides (Draudt, 1917) Colombia

Arawacus meliboeus (Fabricius, 1793) Brazil

Arawacus separata (Lathy, 1926) Peru, Paraguay

Arawacus sito (Boisduval, 1836) Mexico, south to Central America – fine-lined stripe-streak

Arawacus tadita (Hewitson, 1877) Brazil (Paraná)

Arawacus tarania (Hewitson, 1868) Brazil (Paraná, Minas Gerais)

Arawacus togarna (Hewitson, 1867) Mexico, Bolivia