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Grey Hairstreak

Strymon melinus

Photo by LaurenZarate
Published on Project Noah
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16.73, -92.93

Field Notes

Description:

Little Hairstreak of the Family Lycaenidae. Blue grey on the upper surface, pinkish-grey on the underside. This one does not have any orange along the brown and white stripe that runs across both under wings and is different from 2 other spottings of Hairstreaks from Chiapas (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/20143006/fullscreen and http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/78316076/fullscreen).

Habitat:

On a bush along the highway between San Cristobal and Tuxtla Gutierrez, km 18.5, 1164 meters.

Species ID Suggestions

Gray hairstreak

Strymon melinus

Comments (6)

You captured the color and detail nicely in the photo, Lauren...well done!
Thank you so much for the identification Karen, much appreciated. I was looking in the wrong genus! And thank you triggsturner and Hema for your nice comments!
Fantastic images Lauren. Thanks for sharing them.

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