Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus)

Uncommon to locally common, this species is single brooded (May/June) and is found in scattered locations statewide in NC.
Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus) Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus)
Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC
7 June 2007
Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC
7 June 2007

Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus)
Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC
7 June 2007

Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus) Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus)
Male
Duke Forest
Orange Co., NC
25 May 2007
same individual

Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus) Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus)
Female
Weymouth Woods State Park
Moore Co., NC
11 June 2003
Female
Buncombe Co., NC
26 June 2004

Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus) Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus)
Male
Duke Forest
Orange Co., NC
29 May 2004
Male
Duke Forest
Orange Co., NC
2 June 2004

Banded Hairstreak Banded Hairstreak

The above photos are of two different male Banded Hairstreaks, taken a few hundred meters apart along Round Bottom Road in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park at an elevation over 5500'.
Swain Co., NC 4 July 01.


Banded Hairstreak (Satyrium calanus) Male
Allegan Co., MI
5 July 2004


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Created on ... July 17, 2001; Updated on ... June 18, 2004 | jspippen@duke.edu