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Atlides halesus
Shiny gray/black with bright orange spots along the body on the wing edges and a bright, neon-iridescent streak where the hind wing and forwing overlap. There are tails on the lower trailing edge of the hindwing. This was a very fresh individual
Found in mixed Pine/hardwoods in sandhills along the edges of a lowland hardwood. The host plant, Mistletoe, was in some of the nearby oaks.
Spotted on Mar 22, 2014
Submitted on May 1, 2014
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