Gray Hairstreak

Gray Hairstreak

Taxobox
name = Gray Hairstreak


status = NE
status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Lycaenidae
genus = "Strymon"
species = "S. melinus"
binomial = "Strymon melinus"
The Gray Hairstreak ("Strymon melinus"), is one of the most common hairstreaks in North America, ranging over nearly the entire continent.

External links

* [http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp?recnum=bu0085 eNature]
* [http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/ca/378.htm Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center]


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