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Brown Butterfly - Satyrium
Copyright © 2016 Pat Cassidy

Brown Butterfly - Satyrium
Pilot Rock, Umatilla County, Oregon, USA
June 13, 2016
Size: 11mm body

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Contributed by Pat Cassidy on 14 June, 2016 - 3:04pm
Last updated 16 June, 2016 - 7:37pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 16 June, 2016 - 7:37pm

Identification of brown butterfly
This one is well outside of my area and this butterfly is quite tattered, but it looks like Sylvan Hairstreak, Satyrium sylvinus, to me, based on images in Kaufman.
… Ken Allison, 15 June, 2016 - 7:31am

 
why not californica?
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… John S. Ascher, 16 June, 2016 - 7:29pm

 
ID
looks like californica to me too
… Mike Hofmann, 23 November, 2016 - 7:21pm

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