// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did Satyrium behrii say? "I'm a little horse-shy.
| Satyrium behrii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Satyrium |
| Species: | S. behrii |
| Binomial name | |
| Satyrium behrii (W.H. Edwards, 1870)[2] | |
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Satyrium behrii, the Behr's hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western North America from western Texas north and west through New Mexico, Arizona, and southern California to British Columbia.[3]
The wingspan is 24–32 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July in one generation per year.[3] Its habitats include dry slopes and canyons. Adults feed on flower nectar.[4]
The larvae feed on Purshia tridentata,[5]Purshia glandulosa and Cercocarpus montanus.[4]
Subspecies
[edit]- S. b. behrii
- S. b. columbia (McDunnough, 1944)
- S. b. crossi (Field, 1938)
References
[edit]- ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
- ↑ Satyrium at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- 1 2 Butterflies and Moths of North America
- 1 2 "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org.
- ↑ Behr's hairstreak, Butterflies of Canada
External links
[edit]- Behr's hairstreak, Butterflies of Canada
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