Postal Service Announces Hairstreak Butterfly Featured on New Stamp for Irregularly Shaped Cards Published: Tuesday, 02 March 2021 06:00
March 2, 2021 - The shimmering purple of the Colorado hairstreak butterfly will be commemorated by the U.S. Postal Service as the eighth stamp in the non-machineable butterfly stamp series.
The virtual dedication event for the Colorado Hairstreak stamp is free and open to the public. News of the stamp is being shared with the hashtag
#ColoradoHairstreakstamps.
Dr. Paul A. Opler, Professor, Department of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University
When:
a.m. EST
Background:
Colorado’s state insect, the vibrant Colorado hairstreak, lives among oak trees in that state and the rest of the Four Corners states Arizona, New Mexico and Utah as well as eastern Nevada, southern Wyoming and northern Mexico.