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Thicket Hairstreak

Callophrys spinetorum

Photo by joanbstanley
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Field Notes

Description:

Tailed. Upperside steel-blue. Underside reddish brown; hindwing with white postmedian band which forms a W near tails.
Wing Span: 1 - 1 1/4 inches (2.5 - 3.2 cm).

Habitat:

Milkweed in Grand Canyon National Park.

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Callophrys spinetorum

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