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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 » Behr's Hairstreak - Hodges#4276 (Satyrium behrii)

Species Satyrium behrii - Behr's Hairstreak - Hodges#4276

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Behr's Hairstreak Caterpillar, Satyrium behrii - Satyrium behrii
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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 behrii (Behr's Hairstreak - Hodges#4276)
Hodges Number
4276
Size
25-32mm
Identification
A tailless gray hairstreak, with black submarginal and postmedian spots edged in white. Only a touch of orange above the large black spot on lower trailing edge of HW.
Range
Washington, through western California, through Colorado, and into northern New Mexico.
Habitat
Dry open areas near forests, mountains, and sagebrush.
Season
May-August, main flight June-July is C-A.
Food
Larva feeds on bitterbrush and mountain mahogany. Adults like to nectar on buckwheats.
Life Cycle
1 brood, overwinters as an egg.
Print References
(1) (2)
Internet References
range map and pictures

Butterflies of America; pinned adults, live adults, immatures, larval food plants
Works Cited
1.Butterflies Through Binoculars: The West : A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Western North America (Butterflies and Others Thr
Jeffrey Glassberg. 2001. Oxford University Press.
2.Butterflies of North America (Kaufman Focus Guides)
Jim P. Brock, Kenn Kaufman. 2003. Houghton Mifflin Co.
Contributed by tom murray on 21 July, 2005 - 4:18pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Hartmut Wisch
Last updated 18 July, 2022 - 7:53pm

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