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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 » Mallow Scrub Hairstreak - Hodges#4345 (Strymon istapa)
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Mallow Scrub Hairstreak? - Strymon istapa - male
Copyright © 2006 David Cappaert

Mallow Scrub Hairstreak? - Strymon istapa - Male
Bahia Honda State Park, Monroe County, Florida, USA
March 3, 2006
I found a record for Strymon columella from the same location, Bahia Honda. So the bug appears there. But the spots on the upper wings are much more prominent than for images in North American Butterflies.

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Contributed by David Cappaert on 12 March, 2006 - 10:38am
Last updated 16 March, 2006 - 5:20am

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… A.W. Thomas, 16 March, 2006 - 5:20am login or register to post comments

I think you are right to call this Mallow Scrub Hairstreak
- Butterflies through Binoculars(1) has a very similar picture of the underside (no upper shown so I can't address that question). Yours also has the tricolor (orange, red & black) tailspot described as common on FL ones.
We have this species as Strymon istapa.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 12 March, 2006 - 1:28pm login or register to post comments

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