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Calycopis cecrops
The Red-banded Hairstreak is a small butterfly found in the southeastern United States. Two tails on the hindwing. Upperside brown, hindwing blue. Underside gray-brown with white postmedian line edged with red-orange. Wing Span: 7/8 - 1 1/4 inches (2.2 - 3.2 cm).
Southeastern United States from Long Island south through Florida, west through entire area to southeast Kansas, eastern Oklahoma, and eastern Texas. Strays to eastern Nebraska, northern Illinois, and Michigan. Coastal hammocks, overgrown fields, forest edges. This one was photographed at the Silver Bluff Audubon Center near Jackson (Aiken County), SC.
Caterpillar Hosts: Fallen leaves of wax myrtle (Myrica cerifera), dwarf sumac (Rhus copallina), staghorn sumac (R. typhina), and several oaks. Adult Food: Flower nectar from yarrow, wild cherry, tickseed sunflower, sumac, sweet pepperbush, New Jersey tea, common milkweed, and dogbane.
Spotted on Mar 30, 2013
Submitted on Mar 31, 2013
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