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Strymon acadica (Acadian Hairstreak)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Acadian Hairstreak (Satyrium acadica) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found from British Columbia east to Nova Scotia and south to Idaho, Colorado, the northern Midwest, Maryland, and New Jersey. The wingspan is 29–38 mm. There is one tail on each hindwing. The upperside is brown-grey, while the underside of the hindwings is grey. Adults are on wing from June to August in one generation per year. They feed on flower nectar of various flowers. The larvae feed on the leaves of Salix species, including Salix nigra and Salix sericea. The species overwinters as an egg.
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Infraspecies

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.102 inches (.028 m)

Prey / Diet

Achillea distans distans (yarrow)[2]
Amelanchier sanguinea (serviceberry)[1]
Purshia tridentata (bitterbrush)[1]

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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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