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Species Satyrium liparops - Striped Hairstreak - Hodges#4285

Same species different sexes? - Satyrium liparops

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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 liparops (Striped Hairstreak - Hodges#4285)

Hodges Number

4285

Size

25-39mm

Identification

Two tails, one short, one long. Underwing brown to gray, with many white lines. Blue patch topped in orange, with several other smaller orange spotsalong trailing edge of the wing.

Range

Canada from Nova Scotia to eastern British Columbia. Eastern U.S. south to Florida and Texas.

Habitat

Openings with nectar sources.

Season

May in the south, July-August in the north.

Food

Larva feeds on a wide variety, including roses, cherry hawthorn and heaths. They eat the flowers, then young leaves.

Life Cycle

One brood, and overwinters as an egg.

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Print References

(1) (2) (3)

Internet References

range map and picture

Works Cited

1.	Butterflies of the East Coast : An Observer's Guide Rick Cech, Guy Tudor. 2005. Princeton University Press.

2.	Butterflies of North America (Kaufman Focus Guides) Jim P. Brock, Kenn Kaufman. 2003. Houghton Mifflin Co.

3.	Butterflies Through Binoculars: The East Jeffrey Glassberg. 1999. Oxford University Press.

Contributed by Alan Chin Lee on 30 August, 2004 - 9:17pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, tom murray, Matthias Buck, Wisconsin Oecanthinancy
Last updated 30 June, 2018 - 8:55pm

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