Satyrium edwardsii
| Edwards' Hairstreak | |
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| Satyrium edwardsii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Satyrium |
| Species: | S. edwardsii |
| Binomial name | |
| Satyrium edwardsii (Grote & Robinson, 1867)[1] | |
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Edwards' Hairstreak (Satyrium edwardsii) is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the eastern parts of the United States and in the southern parts of the Canadian provinces from Saskatchewan to Quebec.[2]
Larvae feed on Quercus species, including Quercus ilicifolia
The Edward's Hairstreak is an endangered species, and one of the places to find them is at Adam's Lake Ohio in the prairie area.
References
- ↑ Edwards' Hairstreak, Butterflies and moths of North America
- ↑ Edwards' Hairstreak, Butterflies of Canada
- R. P. Webster and M. C. Nielsen, Myrmecophily in the Edward's hairstreak butterfly Satyrium edwardsii (Lycaenidae), Journal of the Lepidopterists Society [J. LEPID. SOC.]. Vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 124–133. 1984.