Kebnat
INSECTS

Striped Hairstreak

Satyrium liparops

Insects
Native
Striped Hairstreak, photo 1 of 5
Striped Hairstreak, Caterpillar
Striped Hairstreak, photo 3 of 5

Butterfly or moth in the family Lycaenidae.

There are 266 observations of Striped Hairstreak in Québec, mostly in Outaouais, Montérégie and Capitale-Nationale, and it has been reported in 16 of the 17 regions. They peak in July and become rare from September to May.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Outaouais64
  2. Montérégie33
  3. Capitale-Nationale31
  4. Montréal29
  5. Laurentides21
  6. Mauricie17
  7. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean16
  8. Abitibi-Témiscamingue16
  9. Chaudière-Appalaches9
  10. Bas-Saint-Laurent8
  11. Lanaudière6
  12. Laval5
  13. Nord-du-Québec4
  14. Estrie4
  15. Centre-du-Québec2
  16. Côte-Nord1

What the caterpillar eats

Paper birchBetula papyrifera
TOXIC
Canadian plumPrunus nigra
ChokecherryPrunus virginiana
Pin cherryPrunus pensylvanica
Quaking aspenPopulus tremuloides
Highbush blueberryVaccinium corymbosum
American plumPrunus americana
European plumPrunus domestica
Black cherryPrunus serotina
Sour cherryPrunus cerasus
American hornbeamCarpinus caroliniana
Canadian serviceberryAmelanchier canadensis

Similar species

Banded HairstreakSatyrium calanus
Hickory HairstreakSatyrium caryaevorus
Gray HairstreakStrymon melinus