Satyrium acaciae

Sloe hairstreak
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Satyrium
Species: S. Acaciae
Binomial name
Satyrium acaciae
(Fabricius, 1787)

Satyrium acaciae, the sloe hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.[1]

Distribution

The distribution of the sloe hairstreak ranges from 49° N in France and 51° N in Germany and Poland. It is absent from southern Italy, the Mediterranean islands, Portugal and Spain except for the Montes Universales and the north.

References

  1. "Satyrium Scudder, 1876" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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