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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters (Lycaenidae) » Hairstreaks (Theclinae) » Eumaeini » Satyrium » Gold-hunter's Hairstreak - Hodges#4286 (Satyrium auretorum)
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Satyrium auretorum - female
Copyright © 2007 Hartmut Wisch

Satyrium auretorum - Female
Off Angeles Crest Highway, ~5000 ft, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, California, USA
June 24, 2007
Though not absolutely certain, because this is a first sighting for me, I think this is a male (short 'tail' as opposed to the female's longer one) 'Gold-hunter's Hairstreak' as described in Pyle ((1)) -though spots somewhat worn -; and it is nectaring in Eriogonum fasciculatum (California buckwheat) adjacent to oak (Q. chrysolepis , with wislizenii nearby).
Any comments or other leads?
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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 30 June, 2007 - 2:07am
Last updated 3 July, 2011 - 2:28pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies.
… Hartmut Wisch, 25 July, 2007 - 12:46am login or register to post comments

I would agree...a very distic
I would agree...a very distictive looking species to me at least!
… Tom Bentley, 24 July, 2007 - 3:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Tom,
it helps to gain some distance, then look at it again. This appears to be S. auretorum spadix , the only one described for SoCal by Emmel & Emmel ((1)), also by Ken Davenport (see Info page). For the time being, I think its best to lump it in the species.
… Hartmut Wisch, 25 July, 2007 - 12:55am login or register to post comments

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