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Gray Hairstreak

Strymon melinus

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:

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.


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4 Comments

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 10 months ago

Spots are very eye-catching Red Hot...

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 10 months ago

Thanks Nuwan and Surekha :)

surekha
surekha 10 months ago

Soo pretty!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 10 months ago

lovely !!

Mexico

Lat: 20.85, Long: -86.88

Spotted on Jul 17, 2012
Submitted on Jul 17, 2012

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