Xami hairstreak
The xami hairstreak is a small butterfly with a tail on each back wing. Underneath, its back wings are yellowish green, with a thin white line that makes a W shape near the tails. It is a very rare butterfly.
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Fun facts
The female lays her eggs under the leaves of juicy succulent plants, where they are better hidden from hungry animals.
Its eggs are tiny, less than 1 millimetre wide. They start pale green, slowly turn white and hatch after about a week.
The caterpillar starts only about 1 millimetre long and grows to about 16 millimetres before it becomes a pupa.
Males guard their own little patch. They sit on a plant, wait for a female to fly past and chase other males away.
Most asked questions about Xami hairstreak
?Where does the xami hairstreak live?
In southern Arizona and Texas, and south through Mexico to Guatemala, on sunny mountain and canyon slopes near conifer woods.
?How big is the xami hairstreak?
Its open wings are about 2.4 to 2.9 cm across.
?Is the xami hairstreak rare?
Yes. It is thought to be a very rare butterfly.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Callophrys xami
- Named by
- Reakirt, 1867
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Lycaenidae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Green hairstreak, Elfin
Where the facts come from
- Callophrys xami (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by William Chapman Hewitson. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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