''Satyrium calanus'', the banded hairstreak, is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

in the family

Lycaenidae Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...

Appearance, behavior, and distribution

The banded hairstreak is a common hairstreak east of the

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in North America. It is a territorial butterfly that will challenge other butterflies invading its territory. Banded Hairstreak, Limerick Forest

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically: *''S. c. albidus'' Scott, 1981 *''S. c. calanus'' *''S. c. falacer'' (Godart,

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*''S. c. godarti'' (Field, 1938)

Life cycle

Eggs are laid singly on the host plants and hatch in the spring. There is a single brood that flies early June to late August.

Host plants

Host plants include oak, hickory, and walnut (especially butternut).

Similar species

* Edwards' hairstreak (''S. edwardsii'') *

Hickory hairstreak ''Satyrium caryaevorus'', the hickory hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in eastern North America, from southern Ontario west to Minnesota and Iowa, south in the Appalachian Mountains to eastern Tennessee. The wings ...

(''S. caryaevorum'')

References

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Banded hairstreak
Butterflies of Canada Satyrium (butterfly) Butterflies of North America Butterflies described in 1809 {{Eumaeini-stub