Great Purple Hairstreak
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| Atlides halesus (Cramer, 1777) |
The Great Purple Hairstreak (Atlides halesus), also called the great blue hairstreak, is a common North American butterfly. The larvae (Caterpillars) feed on mistletoe (Phoradendron) species.
[edit] External links
- Great Purple Hairstreak, Butterflies of North Carolina Online
- http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/usa/282.htm
- http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/bfly/purple_hairstreak.htm
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