Nelson's hairstreak butterfly
Mitoura nelsoni
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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
tree
larvae feed on cypress foliage in spring months
Bay Area native