Species: Calycopis cecrops, Red-banded Hairstreak
Description: 3/4 - 1" wingspan; two tails on the hindwing; upperside brown, hindwing blue; underside gray-brown with tricolored (white, black, red-orange) postmedian line
Habitat: Fields, barrens, woodland margins, coastal hammocks
Range: Ohio and New Jersey south to Texas and Florida
Host/Food Plant: Sumacs (Rhus spp.), Croton, Oaks (Quercus spp.)
Red-banded Haristreak nectaring on Black-eyed Susan, Durham NC, August 16 2004
Durham NC, August 16 2004