| Coral Hairstreak | |
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| Nectaring on Butterfly Weed | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Satyrium |
| Species: | S. titus |
| Binomial name | |
| Satyrium titus (Fabricius, 1793) |
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The Coral Hairstreak (Satyrium titus) is a North American butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
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This tailless hairstreak is brownish gray on the upper side of the wings. The underside of the hind wing has a distinct row of red-orange spots along the outer margin, but lacks the blue spot found in most hairstreaks.
This butterfly favors brushy places, thickets, overgrown fields, open woodlands, and streamsides.
The Coral Hairstreak is frequently seen visiting butterfly weed, but also uses New Jersey tea, dogbane and sulphur flower as nectar plants.
Here are a list of host plants used by the Coral Hairstreak:
Jim P. Brock, Kenn Kaufman (2003). Butterflies of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0-618-15312-8.