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Ilex Hairstreak

Satyrium ilicis

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) martinzilli, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.

United States	7,443
Alaska	7,443
Italy	552
France	391
Greece	310
Nord-Ovest	191
Centro	173
Turkey	168
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	123
Spain	119

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

Kingdom	Animals · Animalia
Phylum	Arthropods · Arthropoda
Class	Insects · Insecta
Order	Butterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
Family	Gossamer-winged Butterflies · Lycaenidae
Genus	Satyrid Hairstreaks · Satyrium

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
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