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Silver-Banded Hairstreak - Hodges#4273 (Chlorostrymon simaethis)
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Copyright © 2004
Alan Chin Lee
Sliver-Banded Hairstreak -
Chlorostrymon simaethis
Key largo, Florida, USA
Sliver-Banded Hairstreaks host on Balloon Vine (Cardiospernum halicacabum and Cardiospernum corindum). Note that the final instar larvae are variable in color.
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Contributed by
Alan Chin Lee
on 5 September, 2004 - 2:13am
Last updated 12 July, 2015 - 12:44pm