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Strymon melinus
Strymon melinus
Cotton Square Borer
Photographer: T. W. Davies
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 9092 3191 3540 0108 (1999-11-04)

Copyright © 1999 California Academy of Sciences

 
INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
  • date of photo  Aug 21, 1976
  • latitude 37.34194   longitude -121.64194   max error distance 1807 meters     View on Google Maps.
  • horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984
  • georeferencing source GeoLocate
  • location   San Antonio Road to Mount Hamilton (Santa Clara County, California, US)
  • family Lycaenidae
  • order Lepidoptera
  • class Insecta
  • notes   Lepidoptera
  • CalAcademy slide #   E 107
  • photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Insect

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Cotton Square Borer, Common Hairstreak (ITIS )
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  • Reviewers' comments about this photo (review or add another comment)
    1. Reviewed by Kay Loughman    Feb 23, 2010

    Action: ID confirmed

    Reviewer's comments:
         "Don't know where that interesting common name crept in. The correct common name is Common Hairstreak."

     
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