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gray hairstreak

Strymon melinus

Photo by Jeff Dreier
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Field Notes

Description:

Upperside blue-gray with large red spot near tail. Underside of spring/fall form is dark gray, summer form is paler gray. Relatively straight postmedian line is white, bordered with orange on the inside edge.

Habitat:

Many habitats. Common in disturbed weedy sites. Many larval host plants.

Reference Links:

Butterflies and Moths of North America | collecting and sharing data about Lepi…

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KathleenMcEachern
Please add this lovely spotting to my mission Moths and Butterflies of the Pacific Northwest: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/30733144 Thanks!

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Moths and Butterflies of the Pacific Northwest
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PublishedJune 19, 2013

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