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Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters (Lycaenidae) » Hairstreaks (Theclinae) » Eumaeini » Atlides » Great Purple Hairstreak - Hodges#4270 (Atlides halesus)

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Atlides halesus


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Almost certainly a Great Purp


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Great purple hairstreak butterfly?


Atlides halesus - Great Purple Hairstreak


maybe Atlides halesus


Great Purple Hairstreak


Great Purple Hairstreak (Atlides halesus)


Possibly Great Purple Hairstreak - Atlides halesus


Atlides halesus - Great Purple Hairstreak


Great photos of a male,


Great Purple Hairstreak


Not a moth - Atlides halesus - Great Purple Hairstreak


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Atlides halesus, i guess


Great Purple Hairstreak - female (?) - Atlides halesus


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