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Blue Spot Hairstreak

Satyrium spini

Photo by Jopy
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Field Notes

Description:

This is one of the more attractive Hairstreaks with bold underside markings and a blue spot in the hindwing anal angle.

Habitat:

mountain rocky clearing, alt. 1900 m

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
injica
Malcolm I think yours has much less blue color on the tail.... I would agree with Jopy too
Jopy
thank you, Malcolm, I will do my research tomorrow...also I think it's Satyrium spini, has similar blue marking on underside of hindwings..
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
I am not 100% on this as there are several quite similar, especially the Black Hairstreak, and in my book they are listed as up to 1200 metres only.

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PublishedAugust 12, 2013

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