Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: What is this guys name?, 1 by Sheila_FW

Sheila_FW wrote:
I am not for sure, but it looks like a Great Purple Hairstreak with the bluish coloring and the hairy looking tips on the wings. I couldn't get the other two pics to open for some reason. So I am including one of my own pics for you to compare.
If it is the GPH, one of it's host plants is mistletoe, so it may have been in a tree. I was so windy around here today that it is no wonder the poor thing blew down before it's wings could open and dry. There isn't much you can do for a bf that can't fly. They only live for a couple weeks at best.