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? - Strymon istapa

Davie, Broward County, Florida, USA
May 14, 2006
Size: 1/2"

Contributed by Paul on 14 May, 2006 - 1:28pm
Last updated 23 August, 2006 - 2:06am

Moved

Moved from Butterflies.

… Chuck Entz, 23 August, 2006 - 2:06am

Neat critter!

I'd guess some kind of hairstreak, unless wings are damaged.

… Ron Hemberger, 14 May, 2006 - 11:15pm

Mallow Scrub-hairstreak

Strymon columella.

… Cliff Bernzweig, 22 August, 2006 - 11:12pm

Moving to guide

It looks like Paul posted a much better specimen 4 days later:

. Even so, I think this has value as an illustration of why hairsteaks have the little tails- a predator (probably a bird) obviously thought it was grabbing it by the head, so it only got part of the wings.

I added these as an illustration for the Subfamily Theclinae Info Page.

… Chuck Entz, 23 August, 2006 - 2:05am

Wings are damaged

It does look like something in that family- if not a hairstreak, maybe a blue. I'm sure someone more knowledgable will be able to ID it.

… Chuck Entz, 15 May, 2006 - 7:44am

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