| Ilex hairstreak | |
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| Satyrium ilicis, underside | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Satyrium |
| Species: | S. ilicis |
| Binomial name | |
| Satyrium ilicis Esper, 1779 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Satyrium ilicis, the ilex hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. [1]
This species is present in Southern and Central Europe, in South Western Siberia, in Asia Minor, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Lebanon and Southern Urals. [1] [2] It inhabits woods up to 1600 m in elevation. [3]
Satyrium ilicis has a wingspan of 32–36 mm. [3] The basic color of the wings is brownish. In the females the upperside of the forewings usually shows large patches of orange, while on the underside of the hindwings there are orange black bordered lunules. A series of irregular broken white markings are present on the underside of the forewings and hindwings. On the hindwings are present two short tails. Larvae are pale green, about 2 cm long. [4]
It is a univoltine species. Adults fly from Late May to Early August. [3] Caterpillars feed on oaks (especially Quercus robur , Quercus coccifera , Quercus ilex , Quercus petraea , Quercus pubescens ), elms ( Ulmus species), Rhamnus cathartica and Prunus . [1] [5] Larvae are attended by ants Camponotus aethiops and Crematogaster species. [6]
The large skipper is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.
The brown hairstreak is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The range includes most of the Palaearctic.
The purple hairstreak is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae distributed throughout much of Europe, North Africa, Anatolia, Caucasia, and Transcaucasia. The larva feeds on Quercus robur, Quercus petraea, Quercus cerris and Quercus ilex.
The white-letter hairstreak is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
The black hairstreak is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
Satyrium spini, the blue spot hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
Satyrium esculi, the false ilex hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Jacob Hübner in 1804.
Satyrium ledereri, the orange banded hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
Hipparchia statilinus, the tree grayling, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.
Brenthis daphne, the marbled fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.
Melitaea didyma, the spotted fritillary or red-band fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.
Callophrys henrici, the Henry's elfin or woodland elfin, is a North American butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. In Canada it is found from southern Manitoba to southern Nova Scotia. It has two main groups of populations in the United States; the first is found along the Atlantic Coast and uses various hollies (Ilex) as host plants; and the second is found mainly in the north and the Appalachians where they use redbud as a host plant. Henry's elfin is increasing in New England because of an introduced buckthorn it now uses as a host plant. It is listed as a species of special concern in the US state of Connecticut.
Cydia fagiglandana, the beech moth, is a moth of the family Tortricidae.
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.
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 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 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.
