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ˈhair-streak
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.
1816Kirby & Sp. Entomol. (1843) II. 19 A small East Indian hair streak Butterfly (Thecla Isocrates). 1859W. S. Coleman Woodlands (1862) 12 The only butterfly that really feeds on the Oak is the Purple Hair-streak. Ibid. 45 The very pretty though not brilliant Brown Hair Streak. |