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Red lined Scrub Hairstreaks

Strymon bebrycia

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Field Notes

Description:

Thanks to all who helped me ID these guys.

Very tiny guys about 3cm, with brown underside of wings and blue hues of the upper wings.

Habitat:

Leaf litter and under blades of grass.

Notes:

Species ID Suggestions

Redbanded hairstreak

Calycopis cecrops

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The MnMs
1

Red-lined Scrub-Hairstreak

Strymon bebrycia

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gatorfellows
2

Gray Ministreak

Ministrymon azia

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Mark Ridgway
1

Comments (4)
The MnMs
Since the other two suggestions are also so similar I would recommend you to go online to see which species are more often seen in the islands where you spotted the butterfly. It is indeed a hairstreak but pinning the exact species may be trickier.
The MnMs
When I was in Mexico I saw a very similar butterfly: Red banded hairstreak-Calycopis cecrops http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7341547
Jeff Dreier
These are definitely hairstreaks (Family Lycaenidae), but I have been unable to find any information on species that occur in that area.

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PublishedFebruary 28, 2014

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