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Mountain-mahogany Hairstreak - Satyrium tetra
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Mountain-mahogany Hairstreak - Satyrium tetra
Stevens Creek County Park, Tony Look Trail, Santa Clara County, California, USA
May 26, 2015
In flight this species appears mostly black; upper side of wings is a dark charcoal color, visible in this specimen through a missing patch of the lower wing.
Contributed by iNaturalist on 30 May, 2015 - 1:24pm

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