Satyrium sylvinus

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Sylvan hairstreak
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Satyrium
Species:
S. sylvinus
Binomial name
Satyrium sylvinus
(Boisduval, 1852) [1]
Synonyms
  • Thecla sylvinus Boisduval, 1852
  • Satyrium sylvinum
  • Thecla dryope Edwards, 1870
  • Thecla putnami H. Edwards, 1877
  • Thecla putnami Scudder, 1876
  • Thecla itys Edwards, 1882
  • Strymon sylvinus desertorum Grinnell, 1917

The sylvan hairstreak (Satyrium sylvinus) is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western North America, [1] from British Columbia south-east to Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico and south through California to Baja California Norte, Mexico.

Contents

The wingspan is 25–30 mm.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Salix species. [2] The species overwinters as an egg.

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Satyrium, funet.fi
  2. Sylvan Hairstreak, Butterflies of Canada