Butterflies and Moths of North America

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  Sighting 941049

Great Purple Hairstreak
Atlides halesus

Observation date: October 19, 2010
Submitted by: Robert Gorman
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: hot day on a field trip to prado dam calif. instructor showed us this bush and looked closer when i noticed something in it. wow it was so beautiful. has taken me forever to find photo always name photo's and use macro setting. in stream bed lots of alder, sycamore willows and shrubs and annuals,
Status: Resident
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: December 11, 2013
Coordinator notes: None.
Checklist region(s): United States, California, Orange County