photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
lejun | profile | all galleries >> Butterflies and Moths >> Native American Butterflies >> Gossamer-Winged Butterflies >> Hairstreaks tree view | thumbnails | slideshow | map

Hairstreaks

Family Lycanenidae; Subfamily Theclinae

The most notable feature of hairstreaks is the the hindwing tails.
Combined with bright spots that look like eyes, they give the illusion that
the back end of the wings is really the head. This fools birds and other
visually oriented predators to increase the hairstreaks' odds for survival.
White M-Hairstreak
White M-Hairstreak		 Red-banded Hairstreak
Red-banded Hairstreak 		King's Hairstreak
King's Hairstreak 		Smudged Hairstreak
Smudged Hairstreak		 Smudged Hairstreak
Smudged Hairstreak		 Great Purple Hairstreak
Great Purple Hairstreak
Great Purple Hairstreak
Great Purple Hairstreak		 Great Purple Hairstreak
Great Purple Hairstreak 		Great Purple Hairstreak
Great Purple Hairstreak 		Great Purple Hairstreak (Head)
Great Purple Hairstreak (Head)		 Great Purple Hairstreak VIDEO
Great Purple Hairstreak VIDEO		 Dusky-blue Groundstreak
Dusky-blue Groundstreak
Dusky-blue Groundstreak
Dusky-blue Groundstreak 		Striped Hairstreak
Striped Hairstreak		 Gray Hairstreak
Gray Hairstreak		 Gray Hairstreak
Gray Hairstreak 		Gray Hairstreak
Gray Hairstreak 		Gray Hairstreak
Gray Hairstreak
Gray Hairstreak
Gray Hairstreak		 Gray Hairstreak
Gray Hairstreak		 Gray Hairstreak
Gray Hairstreak		 Gray Hairstreak
Gray Hairstreak 		Gray Hairstreak
Gray Hairstreak		 Gray Hairstreak
Gray Hairstreak
Gray Hairstreak
Gray Hairstreak 		Olive Hairstreak
Olive Hairstreak		 Olive Hairstreak
Olive Hairstreak		 Olive Hairstreak
Olive Hairstreak		 Olive Hairstreak
Olive Hairstreak		 White Scrub-Hairstreak
White Scrub-Hairstreak
Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak
Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak 		Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak
Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak

comment
click on thumbnails for full image