Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Satyrium | |
Similar Satyrium californica, Satyrium saepium, Satyrium acadica, Satyrium favonius, Satyrium sassanides | ||
Satyrium polingi, the Poling's hairstreak, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. 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. The habitat consists of oak woodlands.
The wingspan is 25–30 mm. The underside of the hindwings is dark brown with a blue tail spot capped with orange. There is a black-edged white W shape near the inner margin. Adults feed on flower nectar.
The larvae feed on the leaves, buds, and male catkins of Quercus emoryi and gray oak.
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