Satyrium polingi

Satyrium polingi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Satyrium
Species: S. polingi
Binomial name
Satyrium polingi
(Barnes & Benjamin, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Strymon polingi Barnes & Benjamin, 1926
  • Euristrymon polingi
  • Fixsenia polingi organensis Ferris, 1980

Satyrium polingi, Poling's Hairstreak, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It was described by Barnes & Benjamin in 1926. It is found from southern New Mexico and western Texas south to north-eastern Mexico.[1] 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.[2]

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