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Pearly-Gray Hairstreak

Strephonota tephraeus

Description:

Photo take near home on the road this small beauty just land on a Lantana flower very samll about 1.5 cm wingspan, only one eye mark yellow whit a black dot inside. It either is too young to have grown it's back filaments or it got them nipped off by a bird. Which happens often. Dennis.



2 species ID suggestions

ShameerZaman
ShameerZaman 10 months ago
Mottled Scrub-Hairstreak
bayucca
bayucca 10 months ago
Strymon sp.

3 Comments

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 10 months ago

Thanks Bayucca i look everywhere too and i can find it :):)
Thanks shameerzaman :)

bayucca
bayucca 10 months ago

It is not the Mottled Scrub Hairstreak, Strymon mulucha. This one would look like this:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76033499@N0...

bayucca
bayucca 10 months ago

Sorry, can't be more of help.

Mexico

Lat: 20.85, Long: -86.88

Spotted on Jul 4, 2012
Submitted on Jul 4, 2012

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