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Grey Hairstreak Butterfly
Strymon melinus
28.3882, -80.6033
Field Notes
Description:
One tail on hindwing. 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:
Wetlands
Habitat: Open, nonforested sites; common in disturbed, weedy areas.
Range: Throughout continental United States from southern Canada south to Mexico; southward to Venezuela. Comments: The most widespread hairstreak in North America.
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Strymon-melinus
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PublishedSeptember 4, 2014
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