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Nelson's hairstreak butterfly

Mitoura nelsoni

CA: Endangered

Listed under California Endangered Species Act

Delicate gray hairstreak with orange spots and hairlike tail extensions. Caterpillars feed exclusively on native cypress; critical species for maintaining conifer garden diversity.

Plants that support Nelson's hairstreak butterfly

1 plants

Sargent Cypress*

Hesperocyparis sargentii

high

tree

larvae feed on cypress foliage in spring months

Bay Area native