Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Lycaenidae > Fixsenia > Fixsenia polingi

Fixsenia polingi (Poling’s hairstreak)

Synonyms: Satyrium polingi; Satyrium polingi organensis; Satyrium polingi polingi; Strymon polingi

Wikipedia Abstract

Satyrium polingi, Poling's Hairstreak, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It was described by Barnes & Benjamin in 1926. It is found from southern New Mexico and western Texas south to north-eastern Mexico. The habitat consists of oak woodlands. The wingspan is 25–30 mm. The underside of the hindwings is dark-brown with a blue tail-spot capped with orange. There is a black-edged white W-shape near the inner margin. Adults feed on flower nectar. The larvae feed on the leaves, buds, and male catkins of Quercus emoryi and Gray oak.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Carlsbad Caverns National Park II 15448 New Mexico, United States

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Citations

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