False Ilex Hairstreak

Satyrium esculi

The False Ilex Hairstreak is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.
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Distribution

The False Ilex Hairstreak lives throughout North Africa and the Iberian peninsula . It is also found on the Balearic Islands and in Southern France from the Pyrenees to the Cote d'Azur, extending into Liguria in Italy.

Behavior

The larvae feed on sclerophyllous oaks of woodland and maquis : Holm Oak and Kermes Oak.

Food

The larvae feed on sclerophyllous oaks of woodland and maquis : Holm Oak and Kermes Oak.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyLycaenidae
GenusSatyrium
SpeciesS. esculi
Photographed in
Portugal