Sandia Hairstreak

The Sandia Hairstreak, scientific name Callophrys mcfarlandi (or Sandia mcfarlandi) is a species of butterfly native to North America. A relatively rare butterfly with a limited range, it was discovered in La Cueva Canyon, Albuquerque in 1959 by "a 4-H kid" and described the following year. The Sandia Hairstreak was made one of the state insects of New Mexico in a 2002 bill approved the following year. C. mcfarlandi is a relatively small butterfl... more

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