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Spreading his wings on a Mount Falcon trail, the Colorado state butterfly, a Colorado hairstreak warms himself in the sun on cool summer morning in Morrison.

A close up photo of a gray hairstreak butterfly on a small flower surrounded by greenery. The butterfly is stretching it's wings.

Satyrium acadica, the Acadian hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.

Close up of Satyrium spini butterfly which is only found in the terrio of Spain, fotografíada en la Fuente Roja de Alcoy

Brown hairstreak butterfly photographed in Cambridge,UK.

Close up of juniper hairstreak butterfly, Callophrys gryneus, feeding on lobeleaf groundsel, Packera multilobata. Zion National Park, Utah, USA.

Gray hairstreak butterfly sitting on Salt Heliotrope flowers

Warming himself in the morning sun, a tailed blue butterfly perches in Roxborough State Park in Littleton Colorado.

Butterfly - White-letter Hairstreak (Satyrium w-album). Macro

Butterflies on the small flowers of spring

$Satyrium acaciae, the sloe hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. \n\nDescription from Seitz:\nT. acaciae F. Smaller than true ilicis, hardly so large as esculi. Above uniformly dark brown, the male bearing 1-3, the female 2-5 small red anal spots. The line of white bars on the underside is straighter, being somewhat curved outward at the anal angle of the hindwing without forming a W. Male without scent-spot. \nLarva pale yellowish green or grass-green, with black head, two yellowish subdorsal lines and, further laterad, small pale oblique spots; in May adult on blackthorn, especially small bushes which grow on sunny slopes: the larva can be obtained by beating. The butterflies have very definite haunts which are widely dispersed throughout the distribution area and often of very limited extent ; they occur particularly on rocky slopes, with blackthorn hedges and exposed to the full force of the sun, in June, showing a preference for resting on Umbellifers. \nFlight Season:\nSatyrium acaciae has just one Generation and flies from June until July.\nDistribution:\nParticularly in Central Europe. From South France to Asia Minor and Transcaucasia. \nThe distribution of the sloe hairstreak ranges from 49° N in France and 51° N in Germany and Poland. It is absent from southern Italy, the Mediterranean islands, Portugal and Spain except for the Montes Universales and the north (source Wikipedia). \n\nThis Picture is made during a Vacation in Bulgaria in May 2018.$

A Red-Banded Hairstreak butterfly (Calycopis cecrops) feeding from purple vetch wildflowers during Springtime in Houston, TX. These tiny butterflies are only found in the South Eastern USA.

This Gray Hairstreak butterfly was photographed on Gayfeather at the H.E. Flanagan Prairie in Western Arkansas.

A Grey Hairstreak Butterfly Nectaring on a Flower

Common Zebra Blue (Leptotes pirithous) Butterfly Feding on Mentha Plant

This butterfly is widely distributed throughout southern areas wherever there are oak trees; even a solitary tree may support a colony. It is frequently overlooked as adults remain largely in the canopy where the main adult food source is honeydew; they fly more commonly in the evening of a warm summer's day. They are only driven down to seek fluid and nectar during prolonged drought.

A bog copper butterfly drink nectar from an oregano floret

$The Purple Hairstreak is a fairly scarce resident. The species was more or less stable in the 20th century. However in the last decade there is a moderate decline and is expending northwards (even on some Frisian Islands.\nThe species is mostly found on sandy soils, usually in the canopy of large oak trees, mainly Quercus robur. Here, the butterflies feed on honeydew and the males and females meet.\nIt flies in one generation from early July until mid-August and hibernates as an egg.\n\nI photographed the species in a Sand Dune area in the Province of Utrecht in begin July of 2018. It feeds on honeydew of Frangula alnus.$

Deudorix epijarbas, the cornelian or hairy line blue, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly, Insect resting on the grass in the day time

About the size of a fingernail, a tiny, Western pygmy blue butterfly enjoys Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge in Denver, Colorado.

Purple hairstreak (Neozephyrus quercus) Butterfly resting in grass. Wildlife scene of nature in Europe.

Banded Hairstreak Butterfly (Satyrium calanus) on Blazing Star (Liatris spicata)

Close up of Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) butterfly, San Francisco bay area, California

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