Muted Hairstreak (Electrostrymon canus [Druce])
Wing span: 15/16 - 1 3/16 inches (2.4 - 3.0 cm).
Identification: Two tails on the hindwing. Upperside of male orange-brown; underside tan with red postmedian line. Female not distinguishable in field from that of Ruddy Hairstreak.
Life history: Males perch on hilltop shrubs to seek receptive females.
Flight: April to January in tropical America (3 more flights).
Caterpillar hosts: In Venezuela, flowers of mango (Mangifera indica) and Psiguria racemosa.
Adult food: Flower nectar.
Habitat: Openings and edges in tropical semideciduous river forests, second growth.
Range: South Texas south through mainland tropical America to Peru.
