Satyrium polingi, or Poling's hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Barnes and Foster Hendrickson Benjamin in 1926. It is found in North America from southern New Mexico and western Texas south to north-eastern Mexico.[1] The habitat consists of oak woodlands.
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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. polingi
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The wingspan is 25–30 mm. Adults feed on flower nectar.
The larvae feed on the leaves, buds, and male catkins of Quercus emoryi and gray oak.[2]
Subspecies
edit- Satyrium polingi polingi (Texas)
- Satyrium polingi organensis (Ferris, 1980) (New Mexico)
References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Satyrium polingi (Barnes & Benjamin, 1926)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
- ^ Butterflies and Moths of North America