Satyrium (butterfly)

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Satyrium
Satyrium pruni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Tribe:	Eumaeini
Genus:	Satyrium Scudder, 1876
Species
Numerous, see text
Synonyms
Argus Gerhard, 1850 (non Bohadsch, 1761: preoccupied) Armenia Dublatov & Korshunov, 1984 Bakeriia Tutt, 1907 (non Kieffer, 1905: preoccupied) Callipsyche Scudder, 1876 Chattendenia Tutt, 1908 Chrysophanus Hübner, 1818 (suppressed) Edwardsia Tutt, 1907 (non Costa, 1838: preoccupied) Erschoffia Tutt, 1907 (non Swinhoe, 1900: preoccupied) Euristrymon Clench, 1961 Fixsenia Tutt, 1907 Felderia Tutt, 1907 (non Walsingham, 1887: preoccupied) Harkenclenus dos Passos, 1971 Klugia Tutt, 1907 (non Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863: preoccupied) Kollaria Tutt, 1907 (non Pictet, 1841: preoccupied) Leechia Tutt, 1907 (non South, 1901: preoccupied) Necovatia Verity, 1951 Neolycaena de Nicéville, 1890 Nordmannia Tutt, 1907 Pseudothecla Strand, 1910 Rhymnaria Zhdanko, 1983 Strymonidia Tutt, 1908 Superflua Strand, 1910 Thecliolia Strand, 1910 Tuttiola Strand, 1910

The genus Satyrium contains butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Holarctic ecozone. For distribution information see Further reading "Le genre Satyrium".

Species

Listed alphabetically within species group.

The Satyrium species group:

• Satyrium acadica (Edwards, 1862) – Acadian hairstreak
• Satyrium auretorum (Boisduval, 1852) – gold hunter's hairstreak
• Satyrium behrii (Edwards, 1870) – Behr's hairstreak
• Satyrium calanus (Hübner, 1809) – banded hairstreak
• Satyrium californica (Edwards, 1862) – California hairstreak
• Satyrium caryaevorum (McDunnough, 1942) – hickory hairstreak
• Satyrium edwardsii (Grote and Robinson, 1867) – Edward's hairstreak
• Satyrium fuliginosum (Edwards, 1861) – sooty hairstreak
• Satyrium iyonis (Oxta and Kusunoki, 1957)
• Satyrium kingi (Klots and Clench, 1952) – King's hairstreak
• Satyrium liparops (Boisduval and Leconte, 1833) – striped hairstreak
• Satyrium saepium (Boisduval, 1852) – hedgerow hairstreak
• Satyrium semiluna Klots, 1930 - sagebrush sooty hairstreak or half-moon hairstreak
• Satyrium sylvinus (Boisduval, 1852) – sylvan hairstreak
• Satyrium tetra (Edwards, 1870) – mountain mahogany hairstreak
• Satyrium titus (Fabricius, 1793) – coral hairstreak

The Armenia species group:

• Satyrium hyrcanicum (Riley, 1939) – Hyrcanian hairstreak
• Satyrium ledereri (Boisduval, 1848) – orange banded hairstreak

The Nordmannia species group:

• Satyrium abdominalis (Gerhard, 1850) – Gerhard's black hairstreak
• Satyrium acaciae (Fabricius, 1787) – sloe hairstreak
• Satyrium esculi (Hübner, 1804) – false ilex hairstreak
• Satyrium eximia (Fixsen, 1887)
• Satyrium favonius (Smith, 1797) – southern hairstreak
• Satyrium guichardi (Higgins, 1965)
• Satyrium herzi (Fixsen, 1887)
• Satyrium ilavia (Beutenmüller, 1899)
• Satyrium ilicis (Esper, 1779) – ilex hairstreak
• Satyrium latior (Fixsen, 1887)
• Satyrium myrtale (Klug, 1834) – Rebel's hairstreak
• Satyrium polingi (Barnes & Benjamin, 1926)
• Satyrium pruni (Linnaeus, 1758) – black hairstreak
• Satyrium prunoides (Staudinger, 1887)
• Satyrium runides (Zhdanko, 1990)
• Satyrium spini (Schiffermüller, 1775) – blue spot hairstreak
• Satyrium tateishii (Matsumoto, 2006)
• Satyrium thalia (Leech, 1893)
• Satyrium w-album (Knoch, 1782) – white-letter hairstreak

The Superflua species group:

• Satyrium acaudata Staudinger, 1901
• Satyrium goniopterum Lukhtanov, 1995
• Satyrium lunulata (Erschoff, 1874)
• Satyrium sassanides (Kollar, [1849]) – whiteline hairstreak

Unknown species group:

• Satyrium armenum (Rebel, 1901)
• Satyrium austrina (Murayama, 1943)
• Satyrium dejeani (Riley, 1939)
• Satyrium esakii (Shirôzu, 1941)
• Satyrium formosana (Matsumura, 1910)
• Satyrium grandis (Felder and Felder, 1862)
• Satyrium inouei (Shirôzu, 1959)
• Satyrium iyonis (Oxta & Kusunoki, 1957)
• Satyrium jebelia Nakamura, 1975
• Satyrium kongmingi Murayama, 1992
• Satyrium kuboi (Chou and Tong, 1994)
• Satyrium lais (Leech, 1892)
• Satyrium mackwoodi (Evans, 1914) – Mackwood's hairstreak
• Satyrium marcidus (Riley, 1921)
• Satyrium mardinus van Oorschot, van den Brink, van Oorschot, 1985
• Satyrium mera (Janson, 1873)
• Satyrium minshanicum Murayama, 1992
• Satyrium neoeximia Murayama, 1992
• Satyrium oenone Leech, [1893]
• Satyrium ornata (Leech, 1890)
• Satyrium patrius (Leech, 1891)
• Satyrium percomis (Leech, 1894)
• Satyrium persimilis (Riley, 1939)
• Satyrium phyllodendri (Elwes, [1882])
• 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

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  Satyrium ilicis
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  Satyrium spini
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  Satyrium calanus
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  Satyrium edwardsii
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  Satyrium favonius
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  Satyrium liparops
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  Satyrium mera
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  Satyrium pruni
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  Satyrium saepium
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  Satyrium titus
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  Satyrium w-album

References

• Biolib
• Images representing Satyrium

Further reading

• Satyrium ("Le genre Satyrium") provides distribution information in French Wikipedia.

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