Pollinator
Hedgerow hairstreak
Satyrium saepium
A warm coppery-brown hairstreak of western chaparral.
- Family
- Lycaenidae (gossamer-wings)
- Wingspan
- 1 to 1.25 in (2.5 to 3.2 cm)
- Flight season
- Summer
- Range
- Western North America
- Caterpillar food
- Ceanothus (California lilac)
- Conservation
- Secure and widespread
The hedgerow hairstreak is a small, warm brown butterfly with a coppery sheen, a hairstreak of western chaparral and brushy slopes.
It flies in a single summer brood, close to its host shrubs, and nectars on buckwheat and other flowers.
Caterpillars feed on Ceanothus, the California lilacs.
Plants for the hedgerow hairstreak
1 caterpillar host plant and 14 documented nectar plants. Pick a role, then narrow with the filters below.
15 plants
Nectar
1 of 3 Wild bergamot Monarda fistulosa Nectar
1 of 2 Big Sagebrush Artemisia tridentata Nectar
1 of 3 Cutleaf coneflower Rudbeckia laciniata Nectar
California buckeye Aesculus californica Nectar
1 of 3 Pearly everlasting Anaphalis margaritacea Host
1 of 2 Blueblossom Ceanothus thyrsiflorus Nectar
1 of 2 Tall goldenrod Solidago altissima Nectar
1 of 2 Showy milkweed Asclepias speciosa Nectar
1 of 2 Spreading dogbane Apocynum androsaemifolium Nectar
1 of 3 Lewis' mock orange Philadelphus lewisii Nectar
Hollyleaf cherry Prunus ilicifolia Nectar
1 of 2 Common wrinkle-leaved goldenrod Solidago rugosa Nectar
1 of 2 Sulfur buckwheat Eriogonum umbellatum Nectar
1 of 2 Aspen fleabane Erigeron speciosus Nectar
Missouri goldenrod Solidago missouriensis
1 of 31 of 21 of 31 of 31 of 21 of 21 of 21 of 21 of 31 of 21 of 21 of 2No plants match those filters.
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).