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Butterflies of Zihuatanejo

SUPERFAMILY PAPILIONOIDEA

Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak

Strymon istapa

Found on open disturbed areas, second growth, weedy pastures, roadsides. The Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak is a small, light gray Hairstreak with one small tail, two black dots on the wings margin below, the largest and most conspicuous one near the tail, and prominent black postmedian bands on each wing.

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