Howard County Bird Club
Coral Hairstreak
Place name abbreviations: MPEA – Middle Patuxent Environment Area; PRSP – Patuxent River State Park; PVSP – Patapsco River Valley State Park.
Click on the common name to obtain additional information from the Butterflies and Moths of North America web page and the following common name for additional information from USGS web page. BugGuide is another web resource.
Legend:
| Common name [Link is to BAMONA] (wingspan range in inches) Common name [link is to USGS] |
Occurrence level & flight period. | |
| Habitat. | Typically visits (for nectaring). | Larval host plants. |
| Coral Hairstreak (1–1.5″) Coral Hairstreak |
Rare: L-Jun | Old fields, powerline cuts | Butterflyweed | Wild cherry, chokecherry | |
June 15, 2013
Patuxent River State Park
Jay Sheppard
June 16, 2015
Hipsely Mill, PRSP
Linda Hunt
June 20, 2017
Mount Pleasant
Bonnie Ott
June 21, 2013
Patuxent River State Park
Nancy Magnusson
June 29, 2015
Warfield’s Pond Park
Jim Wilkinson
The phenograms show the maximum number of individual butterflies of this species seen in the first eight years of the Howard County Butterfly Survey. From these graphs, one can see the number of broods of each species, when they are active, and the relative abundance of the species in each brood. The observed early and late dates are shown below The graphs can be used to anticipate the first sighting of a given species in the year and can help with identification.
Early: 6/14/2021 Late: 7/23/2015