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unknown hairstreak - Satyrium californicum
Copyright © 2020 Evelyn Sherr

unknown hairstreak - Satyrium californicum
Sunriver, Deschutes County, Oregon, USA
July 17, 2020
Size: about 3/4 inch long
Another species of hairstreak feeding on common daisy blooms in our Central Oregon yard. Warm sunny day. 4000 ft elevation. Ponderosa and lodgepole pine woodland.

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Contributed by Evelyn Sherr on 17 July, 2020 - 4:01pm
Last updated 18 July, 2020 - 12:27pm

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… Cliff Ivy, 18 July, 2020 - 12:27pm login or register to post comments

I've ID'd this as a Californi
I've ID'd this as a California Hairstreak, Satyrium californica. The BAMONA regional coordinator has accepted the sighting. Interestingly this is the first documented sighting of California Hairstreak in Oregon.
… Evelyn Sherr, 17 July, 2020 - 9:34pm login or register to post comments

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