Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

Caterpillars of Pacific Northwest
Forests and Woodlands

Satyrium californicum [Lycaenidae]


Mix of dark and light brown; discontinuous dorsal grey-green longitudinal band; discontinuous subdorsal white longitudinal line; lateral oblique white lines. This species is common on bitterbrush during May and June.


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