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Great Purple Hairstreak

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Great Purple Hairstreak

Atlides halesus

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CA Special Concern

California Species of Special Concern

Plants that support Great Purple Hairstreak

1 plants

Stretchberry

Forestiera pubescens

high

tree

Larval host plant; caterpillars feed on foliage April-June

Bay Area native