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spotted on paper mulberry tree in small community graveyard
Found this beautiful butterfly in the water.
Hindwing with one short and one long tail. Abdomen is blue on top, red-orange ...
We found this in our front yard today. It was under an oak tree that is a host ...
Orange and blue abdomen with red-orange spots at the base of the wings and some ...
Hindwing with one short and one long tail. Abdomen is blue on top, red-orange ...
Hindwing with one short and one long tail. Abdomen is blue on top, red-orange ...
Hindwing with one short and one long tail. Abdomen is blue on top, red-orange ...
Hindwing with one short and one long tail. Abdomen is blue on top, red-orange ...
Hindwing with one short and one long tail. Abdomen is blue on top, red-orange ...
Hindwing with one short and one long tail. Abdomen is blue on top, red-orange ...
Hindwing with one short and one long tail. Abdomen is blue on top, red-orange ...
About an inch across, if I remember correctly. I found it on the ground, a bit ...
Hindwing with one short and one long tail. Abdomen is blue on top, red-orange ...
This great purple hairstreak was perched on an arrowweed bush near mesquite ...
Hindwing with one short and one long tail. Abdomen is blue on top, red-orange ...
Hindwing with one short and one long tail. Abdomen is blue on top, red-orange ...
Hindwing with one short and one long tail. Abdomen is blue on top, red-orange ...
About 1 to 1 1/2 inches long. Grayish brown wings with one blue streak towards ...
Hindwing with one short and one long tail. Abdomen is blue on top, red-orange ...
Hindwing with one short and one long tail. Abdomen is blue on top, red-orange ...
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2 subspecies recognized: halesus (Cramer, ...
Hairstreak butterfly that has a hindwing with one short and one long tail. ...
Abdomen is black above, red-orange below. Upperside, iridescent blue. ...
Hindwing with one short and one long tail. Abdomen is blue on top, red-orange ...
Hindwing with one short and one long tail. Abdomen is blue on top, red-orange ...
Hindwing with one short and one long tail. Abdomen is blue on top, red-orange ...
As shown...this is a relatively small butterfly, 1.5 to 2 inches in height. ...
Shiny gray/black with bright orange spots along the body on the wing edges and ...
Somehow this Great Purple Hairstreak got caught in a puddle. Only after I took ...
The Great Purple Hairstreak is a common gossamer-winged butterfly species in ...
Small butterfly, about the size of a quarter, the incandescent blue color is ...
Hindwing with one short and one long tail. Abdomen is blue on top, red-orange ...
I didn't know what to make of this larva when I found it on the upper side of ...
