California Hairstreak (Satyrium californica)

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$California Hairstreak (Satyrium californica) On sage flowers I think.\nPhoto taken in Medicine Bow National Forest in the Platte River Wilderness in Carbon Co. Wyoming on July 14, 2005.$ $California Hairstreak (Satyrium californica) On white Yarrow flowers.\nPhoto taken near Steamboat Springs in Routt Co., CO on July 10, 2005.$ $California Hairstreak (Satyrium californica) On sage flowers I think.\nPhoto taken in Medicine Bow National Forest in the Platte River Wilderness in Carbon Co. Wyoming on July 14, 2005.$ $California Hairstreak (Satyrium californica) On sage flowers I think.\nPhoto taken in Medicine Bow National Forest in the Platte River Wilderness in Carbon Co. Wyoming on July 14, 2005.$

$California Hairstreak (Satyrium californica) On sage flowers I think.\nPhoto taken in Medicine Bow National Forest in the Platte River Wilderness in Carbon Co. Wyoming on July 14, 2005.$ $California Hairstreak (Satyrium californica) puddling in the sand.\nPhoto taken in Medicine Bow National Forest in the Platte River Wilderness in Carbon Co. Wyoming on July 14, 2005.$

This hairstreak is difficult to tell from the Acadian Hairstreak (Satyrium acadica) which I have photos of from New York, but don't have them online yet. Acadains have more orange at the bottom of the hindwing and are a paler gray than the California Hairstreak.

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