Black Hairstreak
Plum Hairstreak ( Satyrium pruni )
The Plum Hairstreak ( Satyrium pruni ) is a butterfly ( butterfly ) of the family Lycaenidae ( Lycaenidae ).
Features
Upper hand, the wings are dark gray-brown with a distinct upward expiring Submarginalbinde ranging in the male three veins in the female except for the front wing. On the gray-brown wing underside a white, dotted line fall into the Postdiskalregion on, as well as all over the hind wings reaching, wide, orange, lined with thick black dots Submarginalbinde in which below the eponymous pterygoid process, the " tip ", a small silver stain to is seen. In the Diskal and basal region, there are no points or drawing. The Plum Hairstreak can be confused with other tip moths, but the differences are clear (especially width of the binding ) and let a photographic proof to.
Flight time
Satyrium is pruni einbrütig, that is, it produces only one generation, the flies, depending on the location of mid-May to late July.
Habitat
Sheltered, warm Schlehenhecken and plum trees.
Way of life
The eggs overwinter in the forks of branches. The food plant is mainly the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa). The caterpillar eats flower buds, flowers and leaves later. The moths like to suck on the ordinary privet ( Ligustrum vulgare), elderberry (Sambucus ) and blackberry (Rubus fruticosus ), that seem to have a preference for white flowers.
Dissemination
Satyrium pruni is spread from southern France to Siberia, Mongolia and Japan. To the north, the species is found to Südfennoskandinavien, with the exception of northern France. In places, the species is endangered because hedges were removed or grow.
- Red List Saxony: 2