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Juniper Hairstreak - Callophrys gryneus

Juniper Hairstreak - Callophrys gryneus
Virginia City, Storey County, Nevada, USA
June 25, 2006
This used to be called Nelson's Hairstreak, but has been put back into Juniper.

Moved

Moved
was tagged by accident - had to fix it. However, I do think these are much nearer to subspecies nelsoni, both in appearance, and geographically. Maybe this represents the west edge of subspecies chalcosiva?

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