''Satyrium auretorum'', or gold-hunter's hairstreak, is a species of

hairstreak The subfamily Theclinae is a group of butterflies, often referred to as hairstreaks, with some species instead known as elfins or by other names. The group is part of the family Lycaenidae, the "gossamer-winged butterflies". There are many tropi ...

in the

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

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 butterfly ...

. It is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number for ''Satyrium auretorum'' is 4286.

Subspecies

These three subspecies belong to the species ''Satyrium auretorum'': * ''Satyrium auretorum auretorum'' (Boisduval, 1852) * ''Satyrium auretorum fumosum'' J. Emmel & Mattoni, 1990 * ''Satyrium auretorum spadix'' (Hy. Edwards, 1881)

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