California hairstreak | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Satyrium |
Species: | S. californica |
Binomial name | |
Satyrium californica (Edwards, 1862) [1] | |
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Satyrium californica, the California hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found from British Columbia south to southern California and east to Colorado. [2]
The wingspan is 25–32 mm. The upperside is brown with an orange spot on the hindwings. The outer edge of the forewings usually has row of orange spots. The underside is brown-grey with orange crescents and a postmedian band of black spots. Each hindwing has two tails. Adults feed on the nectar of various flowers, including Eriogonum and Asclepias species.
In Canada, the larvae feed on Cercocarpus , Salix species, buckbrush ( Ceanothus spp.), antelope-brush ( Purshia tridentata ), oaks ( Quercus spp.), cherry ( Prunus spp.), and saskatoon ( Amelanchier alnifolia). [3] In California, they are noted to feed on oaks, Apocynum cannabinum , Marrubium species, Ceanothus velutinus , California buckeye, milkweed, and other plants. [4]
Adults are active April to September, depending on region. They overwinter as eggs. [4]
Listed alphabetically. [1]
The California tortoiseshell is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.
The white-letter hairstreak is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
The black hairstreak is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
The Colorado hairstreak is a montane butterfly native to oak scrubland in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It was designated the state insect of Colorado in 1996. It is the only species in the genus Hypaurotis.
Satyrium ilicis, the ilex hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.
The genus Satyrium contains butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Holarctic ecozone. For distribution information see Further reading "Le genre Satyrium".
Satyrium spini, the blue spot hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
Satyrium acaciae, the sloe hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
Satyrium ledereri, the orange banded hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
Satyrium titus, the coral hairstreak, is a North American butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
Callophrys gryneus, the juniper hairstreak or olive hairstreak, is a butterfly native to North America. It belongs in the family Lycaenidae.
Satyrium favonius, the oak hairstreak or southern hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the United States from southern New England and the Atlantic Coast south to peninsular Florida and west to central Illinois, south-eastern Colorado and the Gulf Coast.
Satyrium acadica, the Acadian hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in North America from British Columbia east to Nova Scotia and south to Idaho, Colorado, the northern Midwest, Maryland, and New Jersey.
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.
Satyrium fuliginosum, the sooty hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western North America from British Columbia to central California, east to Wyoming and northern Colorado.
The sylvan hairstreak is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western North America, from British Columbia south-east to Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico and south through California to Baja California Norte, Mexico.
Satyrium liparops, the striped hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae described by John Eatton Le Conte in 1833. It is found in North America, from the Rocky Mountains south from southern Canada to Colorado, east to Maine and south to Florida.
Satyrium saepium, the hedgerow hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western North America, from British Columbia south through California into Baja California and east through northern Arizona to northern New Mexico, Colorado and Montana.
Satyrium polingi, or Poling's hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Barnes and Foster Hendrickson Benjamin in 1926. It is found in North America from southern New Mexico and western Texas south to north-eastern Mexico. The habitat consists of oak woodlands.
Satyrium caryaevorus, the hickory hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in eastern North America, from southern Ontario west to Minnesota and Iowa, south in the Appalachian Mountains to eastern Tennessee.
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