Great Purple Hairstreak

Atlides halesus

Summary 2

The great purple hairstreak (Atlides halesus), also called the great blue hairstreak, is a common gossamer-winged butterfly species in parts of the United States. It is actually a Neotropical species; its North American range only includes the warm-temperate and subtropical parts of that continent, and it ranges southwards almost to the Isthmus of Panama. The type specimen, however, was shipped to Europe from the Colony of Virginia, probably around the time of the United Stat

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  1. (c) Bill Bouton, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/8086030@N03/4773019763
  2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlides_halesus

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