Mitoura nelsoni

Nelson's Hairstreak

Nelsoni is closely related to juniper-feeding hairstreaks whose populations may overlap its own. Though there may be intergradation in these places, nelsoni is associated not with junipers but with incense cedar, and it has a single brood, from May into July. It is less boldly patterned underneath as well, with the white line typical of its congeners reduced or nearly absent.