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Bartram's Scrub-Hairstreak (Strymon acis bartrami)

Family: Lycaenidae
FNAI State Rank: S1

Range: Miami-Dade and Monroe counties
Seasonal Occurrence: year-round

Habitat: Pine rockland
Host Plants: pineland croton (Croton linearis)

This Florida population of a primarily Caribbean species has been adversely impacted by habitat alterations, a result of human development as well as hurricane damage.

Information on seasonal occurrence and host plant in Florida is extracted from Glassberg et al. (2000) Butterflies through Binoculars: Florida, Oxford University Press, and Cech et al. (2005) Butterflies of the East Coast: An Observer's Guide, Princeton University Press.