Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 1060394

Banded Hairstreak
Satyrium calanus

Observation date: June 27, 2015
Submitted by: cblazo
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: I remember it flying from dogbane to other random plant leaves.
Status: Resident
Verified by: davidwright
Verified date: August 12, 2015
Coordinator notes: Very tempting to call this female Hickory Hairstreak. However, the white-lined postmedian bars on VFW are not expanding in width on the costal margin, and the VHW blue spot is not large.
Checklist region(s): United States, Pennsylvania, Franklin County