Is this tailed butterfly a coral hairstreak? I spotted this butterfly feeding on some lantana in Fort Worth, Texas. It looks exactly like a coral hairstreak, but it has these two tails (?) on its hind wing, whereas I thought coral hairstreaks had none. Is it just a slightly unusual specimen, or is it some other butterfly? Thanks to @tyersome for the suggestion to estimate the size. I'm bad with estimating sizes, but it was a small butterfy, with its height (from the flower to the tip of its wing) perhaps more than my thumbnail but less than the diametre of a US quarter—maybe 2 cm. ![maybe coral hairstreak feeding on lantana](

It's a Gray Hairstreak Butterfly (Strymon melinus).

It can have one, two, or even three "hairs" on each wing. How much coral is on the wing varies, as does the amount of coral on the antennae.

Hairstreak Butterflies Identification Guide

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