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Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2025 17:15:35 -0400
From: Salman Abdulali (via carolinaleps Mailing List) <carolinaleps...>
Subject: Re: Great Purple Hairstreak in Hillsborough 8/22

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Over the last 3 days we have had reports (on cleps and inat) of Great Purpl=
e Hairstreaks from Orange, Wake, Stokes, Davidson, and Pitt Counties.

Salman Abdulali
Greenville, NC

> On Aug 22, 2025, at 8:18=E2=80=AFPM, Harry LeGrand (via carolinaleps Mail=
ing List) <carolinaleps...> wrote:
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> Nice and rare record for most of the NC Piedmont. I'm posting here to le=
t folks know she has already posted her beautiful photo to iNaturalist, whe=
re it didn't take long for someone to vet it as Research Grade -- me in thi=
s case. So, the record is now in a global database.
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> https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/308230751
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> Harry LeGrand
> Raleigh
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> On Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 6:59=E2=80=AFPM "Lior Carlson (Backyard Butterfli=
es)" <carolinaleps...> <mailto:<carolinaleps...>> wrote:
>> Hello Fellow Butterfliers,
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>> I was contacted today by our Board member, Tammy Dorfman, to confirm the=
ID of a butterfly she photographed in her yard in Hillsborough this aftern=
oon. As you may have guessed by the subject header, she observed a Great Pu=
rple Hairstreak.
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>> After my initial SQUEE, I then told her if only it had shown up during t=
he Orange County NABA count, but that I'd do the next best thing which is s=
hare with y'all her sighting.
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>> Here's a link to the photo she sent me: https://flic.kr/p/2rp3vk6
>>=20
>> Kindly,
>> Lior
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>> Lior S. Carlson (they/them)
>> Executive Director
>> 919.241.7865 (text only)
>> <lior...> <mailto:<lior...>
>> http://www.backyardbutterflies.org/ <http://www.backyardbutterflies.org/=
>
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=
=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mod=
e: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Over the last 3 days we have had =
reports (on cleps and inat) of Great Purple Hairstreaks from Orange, Wake, =
Stokes, Davidson, and Pitt Counties.<div><br></div><div>Salman Abdulali</di=
v><div>Greenville, NC<br id=3D"lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blo=
ckquote type=3D"cite"><div>On Aug 22, 2025, at 8:18=E2=80=AFPM, Harry LeGra=
nd (via carolinaleps Mailing List) &lt;<carolinaleps...>&gt; wrote:</di=
v><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Nice a=
nd rare record for most of the NC Piedmont.&nbsp; I'm posting here to let f=
olks know she has already posted her beautiful photo to iNaturalist, where =
it didn't take long for someone to vet it as Research Grade -- me in this c=
ase.&nbsp; So, the record is now in a global database.</div><div><br></div>=
<div><a href=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/308230751" origina=
lSrc=3D"https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/308230751" originalsrc=3D"=
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/308230751">https://www.inaturalist=
.org/observations/308230751</a></div><div><br></div><div>Harry LeGrand</div=
><div>Raleigh</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_containe=
r"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Aug 22, 2025 at 6:59=E2=80=
=AFPM "Lior Carlson (Backyard Butterflies)" &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:carolinal=
<eps...>"><carolinaleps...></a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote cla=
ss=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid =
rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Hello Fellow Butte=
rfliers,</div><div><br></div><div>I was contacted today by our Board member=
, Tammy Dorfman, to confirm the ID of a butterfly she photographed in her y=
ard in Hillsborough this afternoon. As you may have guessed by the subject =
header, she observed a Great Purple Hairstreak.</div><div><br></div><div>Af=
ter my initial SQUEE, I then told her if only it had shown up during the Or=
ange County NABA count, but that I'd do the next best thing which is share =
with y'all her sighting.</div><div><br></div><div>Here's a link to the phot=
o she sent me:&nbsp;<a href=3D"https://flic.kr/p/2rp3vk6" originalSrc=3D"ht=
tps://flic.kr/p/2rp3vk6" originalsrc=3D"https://flic.kr/p/2rp3vk6" target=
=3D"_blank">https://flic.kr/p/2rp3vk6</a></div><div><br></div><div>Kindly,<=
/div><div>Lior</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir=3D"ltr" cla=
ss=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><font face=3D"georgia, serif" color=
=3D"#674ea7"><b>Lior S. Carlson (they/them)</b></font><div><font face=3D"ge=
orgia, serif"><i>Executive Director</i></font></div><div>919.241.7865 (text=
only)</div><div><a href=3D"mailto:<lior...>" target=3D"=
_blank"><lior...></a></div><div><a href=3D"http://www.ba=
ckyardbutterflies.org/" originalSrc=3D"http://www.backyardbutterflies.org/"=
originalsrc=3D"http://www.backyardbutterflies.org/" target=3D"_blank">www.=
backyardbutterflies.org</a></div><div><br></div><div><img src=3D"https://ww=
w.backyardbutterflies.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cropped-Backyard-Butte=
rflies-Circular-Logo-1.png" width=3D"200" height=3D"200"><br></div></div></=
div></div></div>
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