Satyrium behrii

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Behr's hairstreak
HAIRSTREAK, BEHR'S (Satyrium behrii) (8-25-11) 7900 ft, near monitor pass, mono co, ca (2) (9421810443).jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Satyrium
Species:
S. behrii
Binomial name
Satyrium behrii
(W.H. Edwards, 1870) [1]
Synonyms
  • Thecla behriiEdwards, 1870
  • Callipsyche behriiDyar, 1903
  • Thecla kaliStrecker, [1878]
  • Callipsyche behrii ab. nigroinitaGunder, 1924
  • Callipsyche behrii crossiField, 1938
  • Callipsyche behrii columbiaMcDunnough, 1944

Satyrium behrii, the Behr's hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western North America from western Texas north and west through New Mexico, Arizona, and southern California to British Columbia. [2]

Contents

The wingspan is 24–32 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July in one generation per year. [2] Its habitats include dry slopes and canyons. Adults feed on flower nectar. [3]

The larvae feed on Purshia tridentata , [4] Purshia glandulosa and Cercocarpus montanus. [3]

Subspecies

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References

  1. Satyrium at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. 1 2 Butterflies and Moths of North America
  3. 1 2 "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org.
  4. Behr's hairstreak, Butterflies of Canada