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Red-banded Hairstreak  -- Calycopis cecrops

Anne Arundel County
11/2/04

Anne Arundel County
11/2/04
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Notes: sexes similar; note hint of iridescent blue ventral surface on second photo
Occurrence: common
Range: Piedmont, Coastal Plain
Flight: May - June; August - November
Larval hostplants: sumacs and Wax Myrtle (Myrica cerifera)
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