Florida Hairstreaks (Family Lycaenidae)


Atala Atala (Eumaeus atala)
Miami-Dade Co., FL
11 August 2003

Martial Scrub-Hairstreak Martial Scrub-Hairstreak
Martial Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon martialis)
Monroe Co., FL
10 Aug 2003
Martial Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon martialis)
Monroe Co., FL
10 Aug 2003

Bartram's Scrub-Hairstreak Bartram's Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon acis)
Monroe Co., FL
10 Aug 2003

Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon istapa) Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon istapa)
Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon istapa)
Miami-Dade Co., FL
9 Aug 2003
Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon istapa)
Miami-Dade Co., FL
18 Sep 2003

Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak Mating Pair
Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon istapa)
Miami-Dade Co., FL
9 Aug 2003

Fulvous Hairstreak Fulvous Hairstreak
Fulvous Hairstreak (Electrostrymon angelia)
Miami-Dade Co., FL
9 Aug 2003

Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops) Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops)
Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops)
Miami-Dade Co., FL
9 Aug 2003

Note that the close wing is raised high enough to reveal the blue uppersurface of the other wing!
Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops)
Collier Co., FL
17 Apr 2005


Gray Ministreak (Ministrymon azia) Gray Ministreak (Ministrymon azia)
Gray Ministreak (Ministrymon azia)
Miami-Dade Co., FL
9 Aug 2003

Resting on its host plant, Lead Tree (Leucaena leucocephala)
Gray Ministreak (Ministrymon azia)
Miami-Dade Co., FL
18 Sep 2003

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