The sylvan hairstreak (Satyrium sylvinus) is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western North America,[1] from British Columbia south-east to Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico and south through California to Baja California Norte, Mexico.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Satyrium |
| Species: | S. sylvinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Satyrium sylvinus (Boisduval, 1852)[1]
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The wingspan is 25–30 mm.
The larvae feed on the leaves of Salix species.[2] The species overwinters as an egg.
Subspecies
editListed alphabetically.[1]
- S. s. desertorum (Grinnell, 1917) (California)
- S. s. dryope (Edwards, 1870) (California)
- S. s. itys (Edwards, 1882) (Arizona)
- S. s. nootka Fisher, 1998 (British Columbia)
- S. s. megapallidum Austin, 1998 (Nevada)
- S. s. putnami (H. Edwards, 1877) (Utah)
- S. s. sylvinus (California)
References
editExternal links
edit- Sylvan Hairstreak, Butterflies of Canada