purple hairstreaks

A form of purple hairstreak — A small, brown (female) or purple (male) butterfly, of species Quercusia quercus (syn. Neozephyrus quercus), of the family Lycaenidae

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of purple hairstreak
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