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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 » Poling's Hairstreak - Hodges#4333 (Satyrium polingi)

Species Satyrium polingi - Poling's Hairstreak - Hodges#4333

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Another Poling's Hairstreak - Satyrium polingi

Yet another Poling's Hairstreak - Satyrium polingi

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)

Family Lycaenidae (Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters)

Subfamily Theclinae (Hairstreaks)

Tribe Eumaeini

Genus Satyrium

Species polingi (Poling's Hairstreak - Hodges#4333)

Hodges Number

4333

Size

Wingspan 25-30mm.

Identification

Hindwing fringe is dark.

Hindwing blue spot without orange cap or capped narrowly with orange.

Strong "W" on hindwing post median band or described as black-edged white W near inner margin.

Two tails on each hindwing.

Dorsal side is dull-gray brown.

Range

North America from southern New Mexico and western Texas south to north-eastern Mexico.

Big Bend National Park and Guadalupe Mountains National Park.

Habitat

Oak woodlands.

Season

Two flights, one in May-June and another in August-September.

Food

Adults feed on flower nectar. The larvae feed on the leaves, buds, and male catkins of Quercus emoryi and gray oak.

Life Cycle

Eggs are laid singly on host plant twigs and hatch the following spring. Caterpillars feed on leaves, buds, and male catkins

Print References

1. Savela, Markku. "Satyrium polingi (Barnes & Benjamin, 1926)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 9, 2019.

2. Butterflies and Moths of North America

3. Glassberg, Swift Guide, 2nd Edition, 2017(1)

Internet References

Wikipedia.

BAMONA.

iNaturalist.

Works Cited

1.	A Swift Guide to Butterflies of North America: Second Edition Jeffrey Glassberg. 2017. Princeton University Press.

Contributed by Roy Cohutta Brown on 2 June, 2022 - 1:12pm

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