Dos Passos' Hairstreak life cycle (Callophrys dospassosi): a photo essay

摘要

Though it seems ages ago, it was September 2018 that I had a chance to travel in Sonora Mexico (Route 16 east from Hermosillo) with a good family friend, Johnny Ochoa.This was lucky for me for loads of reasons: Johnny speaks fluent Spanish (I do not), he has family that lives and ranches in Sonora, and he is experienced travelling there too. This ecoregion of Sonora, and timing of early September, is key to a "hair-streak heaven" by all accounts of those who have gone, now including me!