Satyrium sylvinus

Sylvan hairstreak
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Satyrium
Species:	S. sylvinus
Binomial name
	Satyrium sylvinus; (Boisduval, 1852)
Synonyms
	Thecla sylvinus Boisduval, 1852; Satyrium sylvinum; Thecla dryope Edwards, 1870; Thecla putnami H. Edwards, 1877; Thecla putnami Scudder, 1876; Thecla itys Edwards, 1882; Strymon sylvinus desertorum Grinnell, 1917;

The sylvan hairstreak (Satyrium sylvinus) is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western North America,^[1] from British Columbia south-east to Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico and south through California to Baja California Norte, Mexico.

The wingspan is 25–30 mm.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Salix species.^[2] The species overwinters as an egg.

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.^[1]

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