I sent photos of putative TN Hickory Hairstreaks to Paul Opler, who in turn sent them to Robert Robbins, with the following result (below). Our collective agony over hickory hairstreak in tn unhappily continues. Steve Stedman From: Robbins, Robert [mailto:ROBBINSR@xxxxxx] Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 9:54 AM To: Stephen Stedman Subject: RE: review of two photos of possible Satyrium caryaevorum from tn both appear to be pretty typical calanus. eventually, someone will catch a caryaevorus in tn. Robert K. Robbins Research Entomologist 1-202-633-1042 RobbinsR@xxxxxx OR butterflytales@xxxxxxxxxxx Postal Address Smithsonian Institution PO Box 37012, NHB Stop 127 (E-514) Washington, DC 20013-7012 USA Fed-Ex Address (do not use for other mail): 10th & Constitution, NW Washington, DC 20560-0127 Research PDFs at http://entomology.si.edu/StaffPages/RobbinsR.htm OR http://si-pddr.si.edu/dspace/browse?type=author&value=Robbins%2C+Robert+K.&sort_by=2&order=ASC&rpp=100&etal=0&submit_browse=Update From: Stephen Stedman [mailto:SStedman@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 10:40 AM To: Robbins, Robert Subject: RE: review of two photos of possible Satyrium caryaevorum from tn Robert, Here are the photos in question. Thanks for reviewing these. Steve Stedman From: PAULOPLER@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:PAULOPLER@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 11:32 PM To: Stephen Stedman Cc: Robbins, Robert Subject: Re: review of two photos of possible Satyrium caryaevorum from tn Hi Steve, The first one seems to me to be a good S. calanus falacer, but the second one might be an S. caryaevorus. I've copied Dr. Robert Robbins with this to see what his opinion might be on these. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Stedman" <SStedman@xxxxxxxxxx> To: PAULOPLER@xxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 8:27:15 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain Subject: review of two photos of possible Satyrium caryaevorum from tn Hi Paul, I’ve received a couple of photos of possible S. caryaevorum. Please have a look and see what you think. If you wish to forward to others, please copy me so I know who is looking at these. Thanks, Steve Steve Stedman TN butterfly coordinator BAMONA