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| Bartram's Hairstreak |
Latin
Name: Strymon acis bartrami |
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Genus: Strymon Species: acis bartrami |
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Comments: |
| The boldly marked Bartram's Hairstreak is primarily restricted to the remaining pine rockland habitat within Everglades National Park and Key Deer National Wildlife Refuge on Big Pine Key. With specialized habitat requirements and a restricted range, the butterfly has periodically been the subject of debate for potential listing on state and federal endangered species lists. Adults have a quick, darting flight but never wander far from their larval hosts and even utilize Wooly Croton as a nectar source. The butterfly can be found during every month of the year in south Florida. |
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Life
Cycle: |
Broods: |
multiple generations |
Egg: |
cream, laid singly on host flowers |
Larva: |
light olive green with numerous short hairs |
Host Plants: |
Woolly Croton |
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Host
Plants: |
Host
Plants: |
Woolly Croton |
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Habitat: |
Habitat: |
pine rocklands |
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Wingspan: |
Inches: |
.9 - 1.1 |
Centimeters: |
2.3 - 2.8 |
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Appearance: |
Sexes: |
similar |
Compare: |
Gray Hairstreak and Martial's Hairstreak (Strymort martialis) lack broad white ventral hindwing bands and basal white spots. |
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| Markings: |
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Above:
- slate gray with bright reddish orange-capped black hindwing eyespot above tails
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Below:
- light gray; hindwing has two white spots at base and two white lines intersecting in a reddish orange submarginal patch near long tails
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Abundance: |
occasional and very localized; of conservation concern |
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Map Legend: Resident (green) | Stray
(Red) |
