Gray Hairstreak
Strymon melinus
Specimen

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Male Dorsal
Male dorsal
Female Dorsal
female dorsal

Male Ventral
strymon melinus

Female Ventral
Female ventral

PHOTO DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis
Male Dorsal
Jack Harry located female on the North East side of Farmington, Davis County, Utah
elevation 5000 feet
emerged 5 June 1986


Male Ventral
Jack Harry located female on the North East side of Farmington, Davis County, Utah
elevation 5000 feet
emerged 6 June 1986


Female Dorsal
Jack Harry located female on the North East side of Farmington, Davis County, Utah
elevation 5000 feet
emerged 6 June 1986


Female Ventral
Jack Harry located .5 miles East of junction I-80 and Utah 201, Salt Lake County, Utah
elevation 4225 feet


Host Plant

A great variety of plants can be used by this species as the larval host plant.  They usually eat the flowers and fruit of plants in the pea  and mallow family.  For photos of the host plant for these larvae, click on

Redroot Buckwheat - Eriogonum racemosum

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