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Banded Hairstreak

Satyrium calanus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 231, February 237, March 374, April 733, May 1,408, June 660, July 1,679, August 449, September 472, October 387, November 242, December 216.
United States17,076
Canada7,250
Ontario2,821
Michigan1,700
New York1,142
Quebec1,116
Massachusetts1,025
Ohio850
Virginia689
Vermont688

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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