Satyrium favonius
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| Satyrium favonius | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Satyrium |
| Species: | S. favonius
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| Satyrium favonius | |
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Satyrium favonius, the oak hairstreak or southern hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the United States from southern New England and the Atlantic Coast south to peninsular Florida and west to central Illinois, south-eastern Colorado and the Gulf Coast.[3]
The larvae feed on the leaves, buds and male catkins of Quercus species. The species overwinters as an egg.
References
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- ^ "Satyrium Scudder, 1876" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Butterflies and Moths of North America
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