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Photo#219462
Great Purple Hairstreak - Atlides halesus - Atlides halesus - female
Copyright © 2008 Doug McAbee

Great Purple Hairstreak - Atlides halesus - Atlides halesus - Female
Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
August 27, 2008
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Contributed by Doug McAbee on 29 August, 2008 - 2:18pm
Last updated 9 May, 2012 - 9:13am

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Possibly a female Great Purpl
Possibly a female Great Purple Hairstreak?
(I don't know how to link you...but type in the name in the search)
… SauriaMami, 29 August, 2008 - 2:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Great Purple Hairstreak - female (?) - Atlides halesus
In all my years in Horticulture, a first time to see this butterfly!
… Doug McAbee, 29 August, 2008 - 4:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Beautiful
Photo, Doug.
… Bob Moul, 29 August, 2008 - 6:37pm login or register to post comments

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