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title: "Mariposa sedosa gigante azul"
description: "Atlides halesus — Insectos y arañas. The great purple hairstreak (Atlides halesus), also called the great blue hairstreak, is a common gossamer-winged butterfly species in parts of the United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/great-purple-hairstreak
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Mariposa sedosa gigante azul

> Atlides halesus — Insectos y arañas. The great purple hairstreak (Atlides halesus), also called the great blue hairstreak, is a common gossamer-winged butterfly species in parts of the United States.

- Scientific name: *Atlides halesus*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 10185
- Wikidata: [Q1943268](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1943268)
- iNaturalist taxon: [59128](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/59128)

## Names

- en: Great Purple Hairstreak
- es: Mariposa sedosa gigante azul
- nl: Atlides

## Countries with the most observations

US (9599), MX (246), HN (3)

## Summary

The great purple hairstreak (Atlides halesus), also called the great blue hairstreak, is a common gossamer-winged butterfly species in parts of the United States. It is actually a Neotropical species; its North American range only includes the warm-temperate and subtropical parts of that continent, and it ranges southwards almost to the Isthmus of Panama. The type specimen, however, was shipped to Europe from the Colony of Virginia, probably around the time of the United States Declaration of Independence.
The common names refer to the butterfly's two main colors – dusky purple on the underside, and iridescent blue…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_purple_hairstreak

## Photo

![Mariposa sedosa gigante azul](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/great-purple-hairstreak/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kimball Garrett · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/85923534

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/great-purple-hairstreak?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).