Satyrium ilavia (Ilavia Hairstreak) | Natural Heritage New Mexico

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Lepidoptera

Family: Lycaenidae

Genus: Satyrium

Species: ilavia

Ilavia Hairstreak - Satyrium ilavia

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

Global Rank: G2

State Rank: S1

Rank Metadata
State Rank: S1	Rank Changed: 03/21/2000
Rank Reviewed: 03/21/2000
Reason: Ilavia Hairstreak (<em>Satyrium ilavia)</em><em> </em>is a specialist on Scrub Oak (<em>Quercus turbinella</em>) and lives in the foothills of the Mogollon Rim, in New Mexico and Arizona. Population size estimates and trends are currently unknown for this species. This species and its host plant are both susceptible to drought conditions which pose a major threat to this species. Currently this species has also been observed in very few localities just seven occurrences are currently determined for this species. Further surveying however, may reveal this species to be in more locations than is currently unknown. The extent and quality of this species habitat is also expected to continue to decline increased severity and incidence of drought reduce recruitment of the host plant. Additionally, catastrophic wildfire could wipe out this species' host plant in areas completely extirpating the species there in just a single generation depending on the extent of the fire. Therefore the species is currently assessed as S1 in New Mexico.

Ecological Factors
Specificity: Narrow. Specialist or community with key requirements common.	Range Extent: 250-1000 square km (about 100-400 square miles)
Occurences: 6 - 20	Population Size: Unknown
Area of Occupancy: An Area of Occupancy of 7km2 was calculated using GeoCat with data from Butterflies of New Mexico, GBIF.org, and Toliver et al. 2001.	Threat Summary: N/A

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Number of Subpopulations: 0

Number of Mapped Locations: 0

Number of Observations: 0

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