Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY PICTURES #103, 0 by lepfarmer

lepfarmer wrote:
Jokenna -- this is actually a Dusky-blue Groundstreak (Calycopis isobeon), a very close relative to the Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops). The narrow band of red on the forewing and the abundance of red over the black spots on the hindwing. Here's a Red-banded Hairstreak to use as comparison. We do get both here in Texas and sometimes there can be intermediates of the two.

Dale Clark
Dallas County Lepidopterists' Society
http://www.dallasbutterflies.com