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Sandia mcfarlandi

Sandia mcfarlandi

Classification

Class
Insecta

The Sandia hairstreak (Callophrys mcfarlandi) is a species of butterfly native to North America. A relatively rare butterfly with a limited range, it was discovered in La Cueva Canyon, Albuquerque, in spring of 1958, by Noel McFarland, then a student at the University of Kansas, and described the following year. The Sandia hairstreak was made one of the state insects of New Mexico in a 2002 bill approved the following year.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 217Mexico · 5