Scientific Name:	Satyrium titus (Fabricius, 1793)
Scientific Name Synonyms:	Harkenclenus titus
English Name:	Coral Hairstreak
Classification / Taxonomy
Scientific Name - Concept Reference:	Pelham, J. P. 2008. A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. Volume 40. 658 pp. Revised 14 February, 2012.
Classification Level:	Species
Species Group:	Invertebrate Animal
Species Code:	LE-SATTIT
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Lycaenidae
Conservation Status / Legal Designation
Global Status:	G5 (Sep 2023)
Provincial Status:	S4 (Feb 2020)
BC List:	Yellow
Provincial FRPA list:
Provincial Wildlife Act:
COSEWIC Status:
SARA Schedule:
General Status Canada:	6 - Not Assessed (2000)
Ecology & Life History
General Description:
Migration Characteristics: (Global / Provincial)
Nonmigrant:     Local Migrant:     Distant Migrant:     Within Borders Migrant:	N / N / N / na /
Habitats: (Type / Subtype / Dependence)
Global Habitat Comments:	This species is found in dry brushy habitats including woodlands, oak savannas, barrens, ridges, old fields, and prairies with the larval host plants, including wild cherry, wild plum, and chokecherry (Prunus species) (Opler 1999).
Food Habits:	Herbivore:Immature Nectarivore: Adult
Global Food Habits Comments:	Larval hosts: wild cherry, wild plum, and chokecherry (Prunus species) in the rose family (Rosaceae). Adults: nectar from flowers including butterfly weed, New Jersey-tea, dogbane, and sulphur-flower (Lotts and Naberhaus 2017).
Global Phenology:
Provincial Phenology: (1st half of month/ 2nd half of month)
Colonial Breeder:	N
Length(cm)/width(cm)/Weight(g):	/ /
Elevation (m) (min / max):	Global:  Provincial:
Distribution
Endemic:	N
Global Range Comment:	This species is found across southern Canada from central British Columbia to eastern Quebec and throughout the United States from central Washington and northeast California in the west to southern Maine in the east and south to the Florida panhandle, with an absence from the Southwest and Pacific Coast regions (GBIF 2023).
Authors / Contributors
Global Information Author:	Schweitzer, D. (2001); rev. Cornelisse, T. (2023)
Last Updated:	May 14, 2001
Provincial Information Author:
Last Updated:
References and Related Literature
No references available

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Suggested Citation:

B.C. Conservation Data Centre. 2001. Species Summary: Satyrium titus. B.C. Minist. of Environment. Available: https://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/ (accessed Jun 5, 2026).