Satyrium favonius

Satyrium favonius, the oak hairstreak or southern hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the United States from southern New England and the Atlantic Coast south to peninsular Florida and west to central Illinois, south-eastern Colorado and the Gulf Coast.[2]

Satyrium favonius
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Satyrium
Species:
S. favonius
Binomial name
Satyrium favonius
(Smith, 1797)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio favonius Smith, 1797
  • Thecla favonius
  • Euristrymon favonius
  • Strymon favonius
  • Fixsenia favonius

The wingspan is 22–38 mm. There are two tails on each hindwing. The undersides of the hindwings are gray brown. Adults are on wing from March to June in one generation per year. They feed on flower nectar.

The larvae feed on the leaves, buds and male catkins of Quercus species. The species overwinters as an egg.

References
  1. "Satyrium Scudder, 1876" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Butterflies and Moths of North America


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