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California Hairstreak

Satyrium californica

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 127, February 110, March 114, April 142, May 383, June 506, July 186, August 88, September 112, October 114, November 147, December 113.
United States2,195
California1,393
Canada253
Nevada225
Idaho169
British Columbia160
Oregon125
Colorado103
Alberta93
Washington90

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

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyGossamer-winged Butterflies · Lycaenidae
GenusSatyrid Hairstreaks · Satyrium

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