White-letter hairstreak: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

White-letter hairstreak Satyrium w-album

Where the white-letter hairstreak lives – recorded in 14 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 26,081 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See butterflies & moths on the world map

Scientific name	Satyrium w-album
Group	Butterflies & moths
Found in	14 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Insect
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Lycaenidae

Where does the white-letter hairstreak live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the white-letter hairstreak in 14 countries and territories across Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the white-letter hairstreak?

The white-letter hairstreak (Satyrium w-album) is an insect in the order Lepidoptera and the family Lycaenidae, genus Satyrium. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the white-letter hairstreak

The white-letter hairstreak (Satyrium w-album) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article White-letter hairstreak (revision 1364685962), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1545665 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).