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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters (Lycaenidae) » Hairstreaks (Theclinae) » Eumaeini » Strymon » Gray Hairstreak - Hodges#4336 (Strymon melinus)
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Gray Hairstreak? - Strymon melinus
Copyright © 2007 Robert Kane

Gray Hairstreak? - Strymon melinus
Stewartsville, Warren County, New Jersey, USA
August 23, 2007
I'm pretty sure this is a Gray Hairstreak - Strymon melinus, probably female. It was sitting on a marigold blossom. I got two photos but they are almost identical.
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Contributed by Robert Kane on 25 August, 2007 - 11:12am
Last updated 5 September, 2007 - 1:41pm

If you were in southern California, I'd agree.
We don't have many types of hairstreaks here, and only the Gray looks like that. Your county has seven hairstreaks listed at butterfliesandmoths.org and I don't know most. I think with the Gray the red on the head indicates sex and further think it designates female.
… Ron Hemberger, 25 August, 2007 - 4:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Gray Hairstreak
Thanks, Ron, and thanks for the link to butterfliesandmoths.org.
… Robert Kane, 26 August, 2007 - 9:27am login or register to post comments

 
I Agree With Ron
I believe you're right in guessing it's a Gray Hairstreak.
… Kenneth Dwain Harrelson, 26 August, 2007 - 1:18am login or register to post comments

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