The
genus
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''Satyrium'' contains
butterflies
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
in the family
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family (biology), 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 species of this genus are found in the
Holarctic ecozone.
Species
Listed alphabetically within species group.
The ''Satyrium'' species group:
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Satyrium acadica
''Satyrium acadica'', the Acadian hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in North America from British Columbia east to Nova Scotia and south to Idaho, Colorado, the northern Midwest, Maryland, and New Jersey.
The wings ...
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(Edwards, 1862) – Acadian hairstreak
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Satyrium auretorum
''Satyrium auretorum'', or gold-hunter's hairstreak, is a species of hairstreak in the butterfly family Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family (biology), family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with ...
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(Boisduval, 1852) – gold hunter's hairstreak
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Satyrium behrii''
(Edwards, 1870) – Behr's hairstreak
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Satyrium calanus''
(Hübner, 1809) – banded hairstreak
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Satyrium californica''
(Edwards, 1862) – California hairstreak
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Satyrium caryaevorum
''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 ...
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(McDunnough, 1942) – hickory hairstreak
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Satyrium curiosolus
''Satyrium'' is the generic name of two groups of organisms and may refer to:
* ''Satyrium'' (butterfly), a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae
* ''Satyrium'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Orchidaceae
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MacDonald, 2025 - curiously isolated hairstreak
[MacDonald ZG, Dupuis JR, Glasier JRN, Sissons R, Moehrenschlager A, Shaffer HB, Sperling FAH (2025) Genomic and ecological divergence support recognition of a new species of endangered ''Satyrium'' butterfly (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ZooKeys 1234: 291-307. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1234.143893]
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Satyrium edwardsii
''Satyrium edwardsii'', the Edwards' hairstreak, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the eastern parts of the United States and in the southern parts of the Canadian provinces from Saskatchewan to Quebec. ''
(Grote and Robinson, 1867) – Edward's hairstreak
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Satyrium fuliginosum
''Satyrium fuliginosum'', the sooty hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western North America from British Columbia to central California, east to Wyoming and northern Colorado.
Adults are on wing from July to Aug ...
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(Edwards, 1861) – sooty hairstreak
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Satyrium iyonis
''Satyrium'' is the generic name of two groups of organisms and may refer to:
* ''Satyrium'' (butterfly), a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae
* ''Satyrium'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Orchidaceae
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(Oxta and Kusunoki, 1957)
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Satyrium kingi
''Satyrium kingi'', or King's hairstreak, is a species of hairstreak in the butterfly family Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family (biology), family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 ...
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(Klots and Clench, 1952) – King's hairstreak
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Satyrium liparops
''Satyrium liparops'', the striped hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae described by John Eatton Le Conte in 1833. It is found in North America, from the Rocky Mountains south from southern Canada to Colorado, east to Maine and so ...
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(Boisduval and Leconte, 1833) – striped hairstreak
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Satyrium saepium
''Satyrium saepium'', the hedgerow hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western North America, from British Columbia south through California into Baja California and east through northern Arizona to northern New M ...
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(Boisduval, 1852) – hedgerow hairstreak
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Satyrium semiluna
''Satyrium semiluna'', known generally as the sagebrush sooty hairstreak or half-moon hairstreak, is a species of hairstreak in the butterfly family Lycaenidae. It is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number for ''Satyrium semiluna'' is ...
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Klots, 1930 - sagebrush sooty hairstreak or half-moon hairstreak
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Satyrium sylvinus
The sylvan hairstreak (''Satyrium sylvinus'') is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western North America, from British Columbia south-east to Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico and south through California to Baja California Nor ...
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(Boisduval, 1852) – sylvan hairstreak
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Satyrium tetra''
(Edwards, 1870) – mountain mahogany hairstreak
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Satyrium titus
''Satyrium titus'', the coral hairstreak, is a North American butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
Description
This tailless hairstreak is brownish gray on the upper side of the wings. The underside of the hindwing has a distinct row of red-ora ...
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(Fabricius, 1793) – coral hairstreak
The ''Armenia'' species group:
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Satyrium hyrcanicum''
(Riley, 1939) – Hyrcanian hairstreak
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Satyrium ledereri''
(Boisduval, 1848) – orange banded hairstreak
The ''Nordmannia'' species group:
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Satyrium armena''
(Rebel, 1901) – Rebel's hairstreak Turkey, Russe-Armenia
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Satyrium abdominalis''
(Gerhard, 1850) – Gerhard's black hairstreak
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Satyrium acaciae''
(Fabricius, 1787) – sloe hairstreak
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Satyrium esculi''
(Hübner, 1804) – false ilex hairstreak
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Satyrium eximia''
( Fixsen, 1887)
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Satyrium favonius''
(Smith, 1797) – southern hairstreak
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Satyrium guichardi''
(Higgins, 1965)
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Satyrium herzi''
(Fixsen, 1887)
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Satyrium ilavia''
(Beutenmüller, 1899)
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Satyrium ilicis''
(Esper, 1779) – ilex hairstreak
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Satyrium latior''
(Fixsen, 1887)
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Satyrium myrtale''
(Klug, 1834)
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Satyrium polingi''
(Barnes & Benjamin, 1926)
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Satyrium pruni''
(Linnaeus, 1758) – black hairstreak
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Satyrium prunoides''
(Staudinger, 1887)
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Satyrium runides''
(Zhdanko, 1990)
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Satyrium spini''
(Schiffermüller, 1775) – blue spot hairstreak
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Satyrium tateishii''
(Matsumoto, 2006)
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Satyrium thalia''
(Leech, 1893)
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Satyrium w-album
The white-letter hairstreak (''Satyrium w-album'') is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
Appearance and behaviour
A dark little butterfly that spends the majority of its life in the tree tops, feeding on honeydew, making it best observed thr ...
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(Knoch, 1782) – white-letter hairstreak
The ''Superflua'' species group:
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Satyrium acaudata''
Staudinger, 1901
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Satyrium deria''
(Moore, 1865)
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Satyrium goniopterum''
Lukhtanov, 1995
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Satyrium khowari''
Charmeux, 2004
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Satyrium lunulata''
(Erschoff, 1874)
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Satyrium mirabilis''
(Erschoff, 1874)
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Satyrium persepolis''
Eckweiler & ten Hagen, 2003
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Satyrium sassanides''
(Kollar, 849 – whiteline hairstreak
Unknown species group:
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Satyrium austrina''
(Murayama, 1943)
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Satyrium dejeani''
(Riley, 1939)
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Satyrium esakii''
(Shirôzu, 1941)
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Satyrium formosana''
(Matsumura, 1910)
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Satyrium grandis''
(Felder and Felder, 1862)
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Satyrium inouei''
(Shirôzu, 1959)
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Satyrium iyonis
''Satyrium'' is the generic name of two groups of organisms and may refer to:
* ''Satyrium'' (butterfly), a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae
* ''Satyrium'' (plant), a genus of plants in the family Orchidaceae
{{Genus disambig ...
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(Oxta & Kusunoki, 1957)
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Satyrium jebelia''
Nakamura, 1975
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Satyrium kongmingi''
Murayama, 1992
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Satyrium kuboi''
(Chou and Tong, 1994)
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Satyrium lais''
(Leech, 1892)
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Satyrium mackwoodi''
(Evans, 1914) – Mackwood's hairstreak
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Satyrium marcidus''
(Riley, 1921)
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Satyrium mardinus''
van Oorschot, van den Brink, van Oorschot, 1985
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Satyrium mera''
(Janson, 1873)
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Satyrium minshanicum''
Murayama, 1992
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Satyrium neoeximia''
Murayama, 1992
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Satyrium oenone''
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* '' Satyrium ornata'' (Leech, 1890)
* '' Satyrium patrius'' (Leech, 1891)
* '' Satyrium percomis'' (Leech, 1894)
* '' Satyrium persimilis'' (Riley, 1939)
* '' Satyrium phyllodendri'' (Elwes, 882
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Year 882 ( DCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* January 20 – King Louis the Younger dies in Frankfurt. He leaves his territory to his younger brother, Emperor ...
* '' Satyrium pseudopruni'' Murayama, 1992
* '' Satyrium redae'' Bozano, 1993
* '' Satyrium rubicundula'' (Leech, 1890)
* '' Satyrium siguniangshanicum'' Murayama, 1992
* '' Satyrium tanakai'' (Shirôzu, 1942)
* '' Satyrium v-album'' (Oberthür, 1886)
* '' Satyrium watarii'' (Matsumura, 1927)
* '' Satyrium xumini'' Huang, 2001
* '' Satyrium yangi'' (Riley, 1939)
* '' Satyrium volt'' (Sugiyama, 1993)
Gallery
File:Lycaenidae - Satyrium ilicis.JPG, '' Satyrium ilicis''
File:Lycaenidae - Satyrium spini-1.JPG, '' Satyrium spini''
File:Banded Hairstreak, Megan McCarty120.jpg, '' Satyrium calanus''
File:Satyrium edwardsii.jpg, ''Satyrium edwardsii
''Satyrium edwardsii'', the Edwards' hairstreak, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the eastern parts of the United States and in the southern parts of the Canadian provinces from Saskatchewan to Quebec. ''
File:Northern Hairstreak.jpg, '' Satyrium favonius''
File:Satyrium liparops.jpg, ''Satyrium liparops
''Satyrium liparops'', the striped hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae described by John Eatton Le Conte in 1833. It is found in North America, from the Rocky Mountains south from southern Canada to Colorado, east to Maine and so ...
''
File:Satyrium.mera.jpg, '' Satyrium mera''
File:Satyrium pruni 2.jpg, '' Satyrium pruni''
File:Hedgerow Hairstreak.jpg, ''Satyrium saepium
''Satyrium saepium'', the hedgerow hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western North America, from British Columbia south through California into Baja California and east through northern Arizona to northern New M ...
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File:Coral hairstreak, on butterflyweed.jpg, ''Satyrium titus
''Satyrium titus'', the coral hairstreak, is a North American butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
Description
This tailless hairstreak is brownish gray on the upper side of the wings. The underside of the hindwing has a distinct row of red-ora ...
''
File:WLH Julita.JPG, ''Satyrium w-album
The white-letter hairstreak (''Satyrium w-album'') is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
Appearance and behaviour
A dark little butterfly that spends the majority of its life in the tree tops, feeding on honeydew, making it best observed thr ...
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References
BiolibImages representing ''Satyrium''
Further reading
* ''Satyrium'' ("Le genre ''Satyrium''") provides distribution information in French Wikipedia.
at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
The Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) was an international initiative dedicated to supporting the development of DNA barcoding as a global standard for species identification. CBOL's Secretariat Office is hosted by the National Museum of ...
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Eumaeini
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Samuel Hubbard Scudder
Taxa described in 1876