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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters (Lycaenidae) » Hairstreaks (Theclinae) » Eumaeini » Calycopis » Red-banded Hairstreak - Hodges#4299 (Calycopis cecrops)
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red stripe moth - Calycopis cecrops - female
Copyright © 2009 squidpillow

red stripe moth - Calycopis cecrops - Female
Manassas, Virginia, USA
August 10, 2009
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Contributed by squidpillow on 10 August, 2009 - 3:03pm
Last updated 1 June, 2013 - 4:27pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).
… David J. Ferguson, 30 October, 2009 - 12:01am login or register to post comments

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… john and jane balaban, 6 September, 2009 - 9:53am login or register to post comments

Butterfly
I'm not an expert, but I'm pretty sure this is a Red-Banded Hairstreak:



If you watch closely, they tend to move their "tails" up and down, my guess is to mimic antenna so predators attack its tail instead of its head!

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… Dan Leeder, 10 August, 2009 - 3:05pm login or register to post comments

 
this looks right to me!
this looks right to me!
… squidpillow, 10 August, 2009 - 3:15pm login or register to post comments

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