Purple Hairstreak was created in 1758.
Great Purple Hairstreak was created in 1777.
Black Hairstreak was created in 1758.
Brown Hairstreak was created in 1758.
Red-banded Hairstreak was created in 1793.
Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly was created in 1873.
There are a few butterflies across the world with a purple appearance. Some of these include: the Purple Emperor, the Colorado Hairstreak, the Purple Hairstreak, the Rhopalocera Singaporeana, the Purple Sapphire, the Karner blue, the Purple leafwing, and the Royal Assyrian.
The accepted scientific name is Atlides halesus.
A black hairstreak is a variety of brown butterfly, Latin name Satyrium pruni, of the family Lycaenidae.
Hairstreak butterflies are native to Colorado. They lay their eggs on the leaves on the Gamble Oak. The young will eat the leaves of the tree while the adult butterflies live off of the tree sap.
Shades of Purple was created in 1999.
Purple Thorn was created in 1767.
Deep Purple was created in 1968.