Hairstreaks
| Hairstreaks Theclinae Most are small, blue or brown, and have tiny hairlike tails on hind wings. | |||
| name | range & habitat |
active & broods |
adult & larval foods |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Purple Hairstreak Atlides halesus |
north, central woods with mistletoe |
all year 2 |
Spanish needles, wild plum, sweet pepperbush, Hercules club mistletoe |
| Red-banded Hairstreak Calycopis cecrops |
statewide overgrown fields |
all year multiple |
dogbanes, milkweeds, wild cherry, sweet pepperbush oaks, crotons, wax myrtle |
| Sweadner's Juniper Hairstreak Callophrys gryneus sweadneri |
north, central coasts open woods, dunes |
Feb-Sep several |
Spanish needles, wild plum southern red cedar |
| Henry's Elfin Callophrys henrici |
north, central coastal plains, woodland edges |
Feb-Apr 1 |
flowers, mud Dahoon holly, blueberry, wild plum, huckleberries |
| Hessel's Hairstreak Callophrys hesseli |
Liberty & Santa Rosa counties bogs & swamps near white cedars |
Apr-Jul 2 |
variety of plants, mud white cedar |
| Eastern Pine Elfin Callophrys niphon |
Jacksonville to Gainesville pine woods, oak woods |
Mar-Apr 1 |
flowers, mud pines |
| Amethyst Hairstreak Chlorostrymon maesites |
Keys woods |
all year 2+ |
Spanish needles, Brazilian pepper leadtree |
| Silver Banded Hairstreak Chlorostrymon simaethis |
Dade County, Keys woods |
May-Dec 2 |
small white flowers balloon vine |
| Fulvous Hairstreak Electrostrymon angelia |
extreme south shrubby areas, hammocks |
all year successive |
Spanish needles, sea grape, Brazilian pepper Brazilian pepper |
| Atala Eumaeus atala |
extreme south woodland edges |
all year multiple |
various flowers, palmettoes cycads |
| White M Hairstreak Parrhasius m-album |
statewide oak woods |
Mar-Dec 3 |
milkweeds, Viburnum, Lantana, Poinsettia, sweet pepperbush oaks |
| Banded Hairstreak Satyrium calanus |
north, central open woods |
Apr-Jun 1 |
milkweeds, dogbanes, yellow & white flowers oaks, hickories |
| Southern Hairstreak Satyrium favonius |
statewide except panhandle oak hammocks |
Mar-May 1 |
Spanish needles, Viburnum, sweet clover oaks |
| King's Hairstreak Satyrium kingi |
panhandle coastal plains near swamps |
May-Jun 1 |
oak flowers sweetleaf |
| Striped Hairstreak Satyrium liparops |
north, central swamps |
May-Jun 1 |
milkweeds, dogbanes, white sweet clover blueberry, hawthorns, plums, oaks, willows, hollies |
| Coral Hairstreak Satyrium titus |
Tallahassee area woodland edges |
May-Jul 1 |
butterfly weed Prunus |
| Bartram's Scrub-Hairstreak Strymon acis |
south woods |
all year several |
Spanish needles, pineland croton pineland croton |
| Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak Strymon columella |
south coasts fields |
all year multiple |
small white flowers mallows, bay cedar |
| Martial Scrub-Hairstreak Strymon martialis |
south fields along coasts |
all year multiple |
Spanish needles, Brazilian pepper, Lantana, bay cedar Florida trema, bay cedar |
| Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus |
statewide open woods, weedy areas |
Apr-Oct 3+ |
herbaceous plants hawthorns, oaks, legumes & mallows |
| Tiny Hairstreak Tmolus azia |
Miami area, Keys weedy fields |
Apr-Dec |
Spanish needles, scrub palmetto wild tamarind, leadtree |