King's Hairstreak (Satyrium kingi)

Generally rare and local in North Carolina, mostly in the sandhills and coastal plain but a few piedmont and mountain records exist.
King's Hairstreak (Satyrium kingi) King's Hairstreak (Satyrium kingi)
Weymouth Wooods, Moore Co., NC
9 June 2007

Note the bold orange "crown" over the blue spot in the underhindwing.


King's Hairstreak (Satyrium kingi) King's Hairstreak (Satyrium kingi)
King's Hairstreak (Satyrium kingi)
Weymouth Wooods, Moore Co., NC
9 June 2007
King's Hairstreak (Satyrium kingi)
Weymouth Wooods, Moore Co., NC
9 June 2007

King's Hairstreak (Satyrium kingi) King's Hairstreak (Satyrium kingi)
King's Hairstreak (Satyrium kingi)
Nectaring on New Jersey Tea (Ceanothus americana)
Weymouth Woods, Moore Co., NC
11 June 2003
King's Hairstreak (Satyrium kingi)
Weymouth Wooods, Moore Co., NC
9 June 2007

King's Hairstreak (Satyrium kingi) King's Hairstreak (Satyrium kingi)
Currituck Co., NC
18 June 2014

This highly cropped photo represents the northernmost record for North Carolina.



North Carolina Butterflies | North American Butterflies | Jeff's Nature Page


Created on ... June 26, 2003 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com