Bartram's Scrub-Hairstreak

Bartram's is like a more elegant version of the related Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus), with broader white lines, two white dots on the hindwing, longer tails, lovely pale blue fringe when fresh. Bartram's is a distinctive and rare hairstreak of south Florida.

Similar Species Martial Hairstreak has blue above, more rust-colored HW spot below, and lacks white dots near HW base below. Gray Hairstreak has less white on lines below, which are also less solid and straight.
Bartram's is found in dry, sandy areas where its host plant, the Pineland or Narrow-leafed Croton (Croton linearis), grows. Bartram's steel-gray above, with red spot near shorter tail, rust-colored spot near longer tail; no blue. Below, clear gray crossed by broad white, black-edged lines (1 on FW, 2 on HW), 1 large red-orange patch near long tail. 1 along lower margin; small white dots near HW base.

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