These Hairstreaks
were photographed in my yard on Lake Worth, Tarrant County
on May 10, 2004:
1) & 2): Gray Hairstreak Strymon
melinus and Great Purple
Hairstreak Atlides halesus:-
3) & 4): Red-banded Hairstreak Calycopis
cecrops and Dusky-blue
Groundstreak Calycopis isobeon:-
5) & 6): Northern Oak Hairstreak
Satyrium favonius and Soapberry
Hairstreak Phaeostrymon alcestis:-
7) & 8): Striped Hairstreak Satyium
liarops and Banded Hairstreak
Satyrium calanus:-
8b) - a variant S. calanaus
with red over the blue anal patch?; and 4b) - an intermediate
Calycopis?:-
