Behr's hairstreak | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Satyrium |
Species: | S. behrii
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Binomial name | |
Satyrium behrii (
W.H. Edwards, 1870)
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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. [2]
The wingspan is 24–32 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July in one generation per year. [2] Its habitats include dry slopes and canyons. Adults feed on flower nectar. [3]
The larvae feed on Purshia tridentata, [4] Purshia glandulosa and Cercocarpus montanus. [3]