Species
Satyrium californica (California hairstreak)
Satyrium californica. Photo: (c) Leslie Flint, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Satyrium californica, the California hairstreak, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found from British Columbia south to southern California and east to Colorado.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths)
- Superfamily: Papilionoidea (Butterflies)
- Family: Lycaenidae (Gossamer-winged butterflies)
- Subfamily: Theclinae (Hairstreaks)
- Tribe: Eumaeini
- Subtribe: Callophryidina
- Genus: Satyrium (Satyrid hairstreaks)
- Subgenus: Satyrium
- Species: Satyrium californica (California hairstreak)
- Subgenus: Satyrium
- Genus: Satyrium (Satyrid hairstreaks)
- Subtribe: Callophryidina
- Tribe: Eumaeini
- Subfamily: Theclinae (Hairstreaks)
- Family: Lycaenidae (Gossamer-winged butterflies)
- Superfamily: Papilionoidea (Butterflies)
- Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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