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Sylvan Hairstreak - Satyrium sylvinum

Sylvan Hairstreak - Satyrium sylvinum
San Joaquin Marsh, Irvine, Orange County, California, USA
July 7, 2008
These insects are pretty non-descript, i.e. 'just another small blue butterfly", flying low and weakly. Several were seen bordering a large boysenberry patch, but most were shot on buckwheat, as in this example.

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