Satyrium ledereri
| Orange banded hairstreak | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Satyrium |
| Species: | S. Ledereri |
| Binomial name | |
| Satyrium ledereri (Boisduval, 1848) | |
Satyrium ledereri, the orange banded hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
Distribution
The distribution of the orange banded hairstreak in Europe includes Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, Anatolia, Palestine, and the Greek island of Samos.[1]
Life cycle and food plants
The butterflies are on wing from April to May. Larval host plants are Atraphaxis daghestanica and A. spinosa.[2] The species has one generation per year; the egg hibernates.
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