Satyrium ledereri
| Orange banded hairstreak | |
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| S. ledereri in Seitz | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Satyrium |
| Species: | S. ledereri
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| Binomial name | |
| Satyrium ledereri (Boisduval, 1848)
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Satyrium ledereri, the orange banded hairstreak, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
Description in Seitz[edit]
T. ledereri Bsd. (73 e). Tailed or tailless, with long fringes and the anal angle of the hindwing somewhat pointed. Upperside blackish brown, the basal area glossy grey on both wings; in the anal area of the hindwing an obsolescent russet-brown macular halfband. Underside light grey, the base dusted with light blue; both wings with a row of exteriorly white-edged black ocelli, outside which there are black submarginal spots on the forewing and a double row of dots on the hindwing with red spots between the two rows. — In Asia Minor, Transcaucasia, Transcaspia and Armenia, in May.[1]
Distribution[edit]
The distribution of the orange banded hairstreak in Europe includes Transcaucasia, Asia Minor, Anatolia, Palestine, and the Greek island of Samos.[2]
Life cycle and food plants[edit]
The butterflies are on wing from April to May. Larval host plants are Atraphaxis daghestanica and A. spinosa.[3] The species has one generation per year; the egg hibernates.
Etymology[edit]
The name honours Julius Lederer
References[edit]
- ^ Seitz, A.in Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Satyrium ledereri at Butterfly Conservation Armenia
- ^ Satyrium ledereri at Butterfly Conservation Armenia
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