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Species

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Family:

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Size

Small

Where Found

Habitat

• Woodlands, hammocks, forest margins, and adjacent open areas

This species has been reported in these Florida counties:

• ALACHUA
• CITRUS
• DIXIE
• DUVAL
• FLAGLER
• HERNANDO
• LAKE
• LEVY
• MARION
• ORANGE
• PASCO
• PUTNAM
• SAINT JOHNS
• SEMINOLE
• SUMTER
• SUWANNEE
• TAYLOR
• VOLUSIA

Flight Period

• February
• March
• April
• May
• June
• July
• August
• September
• October
• November

Description

A highly reclusive butterfly, the adults spend much of their lives in the canopy of large southern red cedar trees - the hairstreak's larval host. They periodically come down to nectar a number of small blossoms. | Photos by Jaret Daniels