Satyrium ledereri
| Orange Banded Hairstreak | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Satyrium |
| Species: | S. Ledereri |
| Binomial name | |
| Satyrium ledereri (Boisduval, 1848) | |
The Orange Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium ledereri) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
Appearance, behaviour and distribution
The distribution of the Orange Banded Hairstreak in Europe includes Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, Anatolia, and Palestine, and Greek island of Samos.[1]
Life cycle and foodplants
The butterflies are on wing from April to May, larval host plants are Atraphaxis daghestanica and A.spinosa.[2] Species gives one generation per year, the egg hibernates.
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