Satyrium ledereri

Orange banded hairstreak
S. Ledereri in Seitz
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.

References

  1. ↑ Satyrium ledereri at Butterfly Conservation Armenia
  2. ↑ Satyrium ledereri at Butterfly Conservation Armenia


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