Habrodais grunus

Habrodais grunus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Habrodais
Species:	H. grunus
Binomial name
Habrodais grunus (Boisduval, 1852)[1]
Synonyms
Thecla grunus Boisduval, 1852 Dipsas grunus Habrodais grunus lorquini f. chloris Field, 1938

Habrodais grunus, the golden hairstreak, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in North America in southern Arizona, Oregon, California and Mexico. The habitat consists of oak woodland, canyons and mountain ridges.

The wingspan is 25–32 mm. It has a short tail on the hindwing. The upperside of the males is dark brown with a yellow tinge in the cell area of the forewing. Females are less dark. The underside is yellow brown with a narrow, dark postmarginal line. The hindwings have thin gold crescents at the margin, the last two of which are iridescent. Adults are on wing from June to September in one generation per year. They feed on moisture from various sources and possibly also feed on aphid honeydew or other exudates.

The larvae feed on the young leaves of Chrysolepis chrysophylla, Quercus chrysolepis, Quercus vaccinifolia and Lithocarpus densiflorus.^[2]

Subspecies

• Habrodais grunus grunus (California)
• Habrodais grunus herri Field, 1938 (California, Oregon, Idaho)
• Habrodais grunus lorquini Field, 1938 (California)

References

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