Insects · La Saladita, Guerrero

White Scrub-Hairstreak

Strymon albata

Spanish: Rayita blanca

White Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon albata)
Photographed by zihuadean on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

Strymon albata, the white hairstreak, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1865. It is found from southern Texas to Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad. The habitat consists of second growth and shrubby fields in seasonally dry tropical lowlands.

TaxonomyInsecta › Lepidoptera › Lycaenidae
Local records23 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records526 on iNaturalist
Most recent records2025 – 2026
Months of the 8 most recent records
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Recent local sightings

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Cite as: “White Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon albata) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/strymon-albata/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.