Satyrium behrii

Behr's hairstreak

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Satyrium
Species:
S. behrii
Binomial name
Satyrium behrii
Synonyms
  • Thecla behrii Edwards, 1870
  • Callipsyche behrii Dyar, 1903
  • Thecla kali Strecker, [1878]
  • Callipsyche behrii ab. nigroinita Gunder, 1924
  • Callipsyche behrii crossi Field, 1938
  • Callipsyche behrii columbia McDunnough, 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.[3]

The wingspan is 24–32 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July in one generation per year.[3] Its habitats include dry slopes and canyons. Adults feed on flower nectar.[4]

The larvae feed on Purshia tridentata,[5]Purshia glandulosa and Cercocarpus montanus.[4]

Subspecies

  • S. b. behrii
  • S. b. columbia (McDunnough, 1944)
  • S. b. crossi (Field, 1938)

References

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  2. ^ Satyrium at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ^ a b Butterflies and Moths of North America
  4. ^ a b "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org.
  5. ^ Behr's hairstreak, Butterflies of Canada