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Description:

Found this moments ago not sure what kind of butterfly it is but it has a curios looking tail that almost resemble another head

Species ID Suggestions

Gray hairstreak

Strymon melinus

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KarenL
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Comments (2)
ceherzog
some species of Hairsreak, I think..those wing eye spots are typical of the group. http://www.google.com/search?q=hairstreak+butterfly&hl=en&biw=1605&bih=847&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=XUzrTZPmD4vQgAekx7DXCQ&sqi=2&ved=0CCEQsAQ

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PublishedMay 25, 2011

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