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Red-banded Hairstreak Butterfly

Calycopis cecrops

Description:

Gray-brown below, white postmedian lines with thick red band. Blue spot near hindwing lower angle has little or no red cap. Black topwing with varying amounts of blue.

Habitat:

Woodland, garden

Notes:

The Red-banded hairstreak's larval host plant is rotting leaves.

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DianePlatcoBrooks
Spotted by
DianePlatcoBrooks

Corning, Ohio, USA

Spotted on Oct 5, 2012
Submitted on Nov 25, 2012

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