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Butterfly ID Request - Callophrys gryneus
Copyright © 2013 Barbara Thurlow

Butterfly ID Request - Callophrys gryneus
Temple Hills, Maryland, USA
May 1, 2013
Contributed by Barbara Thurlow on 18 June, 2013 - 12:49pm
Last updated 14 January, 2017 - 3:57pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Adds MD to the guide.
… Ryan St Laurent, 18 June, 2013 - 2:07pm

 
Great...good to know. I see
Great...good to know. I see the gray hairstreak here almost every summer, but this was my first sighting of one of these.
… Barbara Thurlow, 18 June, 2013 - 3:15pm

juniper hairstreak
it looks like Callophrys gryneus, the Juniper Hairstreak.
… Molly Jacobson, 18 June, 2013 - 1:16pm

 
Thanks...much obliged!
Thanks...much obliged!
… Barbara Thurlow, 18 June, 2013 - 3:14pm

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