Habrodais grunus, the golden hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in North America in southern Arizona, Oregon, California and Mexico. The habitat consists of oak woodland, canyons and mountain ridges.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Habrodais |
| Species: | H. grunus
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The wingspan is 25–32 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September in one generation per year. They feed on moisture from various sources and possibly also feed on aphid honeydew or other exudates.
The larvae feed on the young leaves of Chrysolepis chrysophylla, Quercus chrysolepis, Quercus vaccinifolia and Lithocarpus densiflorus.[2]
Subspecies
edit- Habrodais grunus grunus (California)
- Habrodais grunus herri Field, 1938 (California, Oregon, Idaho)
- Habrodais grunus lorquini Field, 1938 (California)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Habrodais grunus.
- ^ "Habrodais Scudder, 1876" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Butterflies and Moths of North America
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