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Fixsenia favonius (Southern Hairstreak)

Synonyms: Papilio favonius; Satyrium favonius; Satyrium favonius favonius

Wikipedia Abstract

The Oak Hairstreak or Southern Hairstreak (Satyrium favonius) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found from southern New England and the Atlantic Coast south to peninsular Florida and west to central Illinois, south-eastern Colorado and the Gulf Coast. The wingspan is 22–38 mm. There are two tails on each hindwing. The undersides of the hindwings are grey 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.
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Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.22 inches (.031 m)

Prey / Diet

Quercus falcata (Southern Red Oak)[2]
Quercus marilandica (Blackjack Oak)[2]
Quercus nigra (Water Oak)[2]
Quercus virginiana (Live Oak)[2]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0