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gray hairstreak

Strymon melinus

Photo by EduardoFrick
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-23.4968, -46.1458

Field Notes

Description:

tiny, smart and quick

Notes:

one of the Theclini Hairstreaks, maybe the genus Strymon

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Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Tom
Sure is strange looking. Females of the species can depart pretty dramatically from the "normal" appearance of the species. Not at all like the Gray Hairstreaks that occur in the Midwest U.S. (And I wouldn't expect it to be) Around here I would mistake it for a White M Hairstreak (Parrhasius m-album).
KarenL
It's some species of hairstreak (Theclinae) in the Lycenidae family if that helps!

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