Striped Hairstreak

Satyrium liparops

Genus Satyrium
Subfamily Hairstreaks
Family Gossamer-wings
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Occurrence   Statewide - resident
Abundance Fairly common; maximum 40
Flight Period June 18 - August 30 (mainly late June to early August)
Notes Almost always present at milkweeds and dogbanes in small numbers
Overwintering Egg
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Striped Hairstreak

Photo by Fred Goodwin - 7/13/2002
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary

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Striped Hairstreak

Photo by Fred Goodwin - 7/25/2002
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary

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Striped Hairstreak

Photo by Fred Goodwin - 7/13/2002
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary

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Striped Hairstreak

Photo © Marj Rines - 6/30/1999

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Striped Hairstreak

Photo © Marj Rines - 7/21/2000
Middlesex Fells, Medford

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Striped Hairstreak

Photo © Marj Rines
Horn Pond Mountain, Woburn

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Striped Hairstreak

Photo by Tom Lewis - 7/14/2003
Quabbin Reservoir, Hardwick

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Striped Hairstreak

Photo by Barbara Spencer - 7/2/2005
Cummington

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Striped Hairstreak

Photo by Frank Model - 7/23/2006
Graves Farm, Williamsburg

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Striped Hairstreak

Photo by Barbara Spencer - 7/9/2007
Cummington
Aberrant

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