hair-streakn.
In full, hair-streak butterfly: A butterfly of the genus Thecla; so called from the fine streak-like markings on the wings of some species.
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1816 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. (1843) II. 19 A small East Indian hair streak Butterfly (Thecla Isocrates).
1859 W. S. Coleman Our Woodlands 12 The only butterfly that really feeds on the Oak is the Purple Hair-streak.
1859 W. S. Coleman Our Woodlands 32 The very pretty, though not brilliant, Brown-hair-streak.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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