Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Scientific name Satyrium ledereri | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Satyrium Rank Subspecies | |
Similar Lycaena thetis, Polyommatus corydonius, Polyommatus bellis, Erynnis marloyi, Polyommatus coelestina | ||
Satyrium ledereri, the orange banded hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
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Distribution
The distribution of the orange banded hairstreak in Europe includes Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, Anatolia, Palestine, and the Greek island of Samos.
Life cycle and food plants
The butterflies are on wing from April to May. Larval host plants are Atraphaxis daghestanica and A. spinosa. The species has one generation per year; the egg hibernates.
References
Satyrium ledereri Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA