Pollinator
Banded hairstreak
Satyrium calanus
A dark little hairstreak of oak woods, banded white beneath.
- Family
- Lycaenidae (gossamer-wings)
- Wingspan
- 1 to 1.5 in (2.5 to 3.8 cm)
- Flight season
- Summer
- Range
- Eastern North America
- Caterpillar food
- Oak, hickory, walnut
- Conservation
- Secure and widespread
The banded hairstreak is a small, dark gossamer-wing, gray-brown below with a broken white band and a spot of orange and blue, the most common of the eastern oak hairstreaks.
It flies in a single summer brood, often gathering at milkweed, dogbane, and other flowers near its host trees.
Caterpillars feed on the catkins and young leaves of oak, hickory, and walnut.
Plants for the banded hairstreak
1 caterpillar host plant and 50 documented nectar plants. Pick a role, then narrow with the filters below.
51 plants
Nectar
1 of 2 Common Sunflower Helianthus annuus Nectar
1 of 2 Common yarrow complex Achillea millefolium Nectar
1 of 2 Yaupon Holly Ilex vomitoria Nectar
1 of 2 American trumpet vine Campsis radicans Nectar
Chokecherry Prunus virginiana Nectar
1 of 2 Butterfly milkweed Asclepias tuberosa Nectar
1 of 3 Wild bergamot Monarda fistulosa Nectar
1 of 3 Anise hyssop Agastache foeniculum Nectar
1 of 2 Cardinal flower Lobelia cardinalis Nectar
1 of 2 Scarlet Beebalm Monarda didyma Nectar
1 of 2 Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis Nectar
1 of 2 Oakleaf hydrangea Hydrangea quercifolia Nectar
1 of 2 Pinkladies Oenothera speciosa Nectar
1 of 3 Cutleaf coneflower Rudbeckia laciniata Nectar
1 of 2 Common boneset Eupatorium perfoliatum Nectar
1 of 2 Sweet Pepperbush Clethra alnifolia Nectar
Virgin's-bower Clematis virginiana Nectar
1 of 2 Obedient plant Physostegia virginiana Nectar
1 of 2 Partridge pea Chamaecrista fasciculata Nectar
Goatsbeard Aruncus dioicus Nectar
1 of 3 Lance-leaved Coreopsis Coreopsis lanceolata Nectar
1 of 3 Small camas Camassia quamash Nectar
1 of 2 Allegheny Chinquapin Castanea pumila Nectar
1 of 3 Pearly everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea Nectar
1 of 2 Orange coneflower Rudbeckia fulgida Nectar
1 of 2 Pickerelweed Pontederia cordata Nectar
1 of 2 Rattlesnake master Eryngium yuccifolium Nectar
1 of 2 Southern arrowwood Viburnum dentatum Nectar
1 of 2 Tall goldenrod Solidago altissima Nectar
Culver's root Veronicastrum virginicum Nectar
1 of 2 Spreading dogbane Apocynum androsaemifolium Nectar
1 of 2 Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea Nectar
1 of 3 Butterweed Packera glabella Nectar
1 of 2 Sparkleberry Vaccinium arboreum Nectar
1 of 2 Common wrinkle-leaved goldenrod Solidago rugosa Host
1 of 2 Southern California Walnut Juglans californica Nectar
1 of 3 Spotted horsemint Monarda punctata Nectar
1 of 2 Flat-topped goldenrod Euthamia graminifolia Nectar
1 of 2 Grey-headed coneflower Ratibida pinnata Nectar
1 of 2 Wild quinine Parthenium integrifolium Nectar
Whorled milkweed Asclepias verticillata Nectar
Narrowleaf mountainmint Pycnanthemum tenuifolium Nectar
1 of 2 Virginia mountain mint Pycnanthemum virginianum Nectar
1 of 2 Atlantic camas Camassia scilloides Nectar
Bluestem goldenrod Solidago caesia Nectar
Hoary Mountainmint Pycnanthemum incanum Nectar
1 of 2 False aster Boltonia asteroides Nectar
1 of 2 Rose Coreopsis Coreopsis rosea Nectar
1 of 3 Sweet black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia subtomentosa Nectar
Missouri goldenrod Solidago missouriensis Nectar
1 of 2 Saw palmetto Serenoa repens
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Sources
- Butterflies and Moths of North America ↗
- iNaturalist ↗
- Plant associations from GloBI flower-visit records and NPIN larval-host data. Butterfly photographs via iNaturalist (CC BY).