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

Behr's Hairstreak Butterfly, 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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