Old fields powerlines cuts and distrubed areas.
Uncommon in the eastern piedmont to nearly rare in the coastal plain. Juniper Hairstreak also called Olive Hairstreak. The photo above was taken on butterfly weed in Forsythe Co on the July butterfly count in 1998. The photo at right was taken in Mecklenberg County,Virgina along Kerr Lake on March 31, 2000. It was nectaring on Bluets, Houstonia species.