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Home How to cite this site Terms & conditions Disclaimer Contact Site tutorial / Help Links	Satyrium acaciae Sloe hairstreak Kleiner Schlehenzipfelfalter Subspecies Original description Synonyms Papilio acaciae Fabricius, 1787 Thecla acaciae (Fabricius, 1787) Strymon acaciae (Fabricius, 1787) Satyrium acaciae (Fabricius, 1787) Nordmannia acaciae (Fabricius, 1787) Necovatia acaciae (Fabricius, 1787) Note: The genus Satyrium has previously been divided into a number of genera of doubtful monophyly (e.g. Strymonidia, Nordmannia). Based on the morphology of the genitalia (mainly the presence or absence of a ventral keel of the aedeagus) Clench (1978) synonymized most of these genera with Satyrium. Please see my comments under Satyrium pruni for further information about Satyrium systematics. Satyrium acaciae differs from all other species of Satyrium by a tuft of black hairs at the end of the female abdomen, the hais of which are used during oviposition to camouflage the eggs. This hair tuft could be regarded as an apomorphy supporting the recognition of the monotypic genus Necovatia for the present species; however, I refrain from splitting Satyrium s.l. before a full phylogenetic study has been performed. Additional German names: Kleiner Schlehen-Zipfelfalter, Akazienzipfelfalter Identification Distribution Biology This page has been updated on June 23, 2012 This site is online since May 31, 2005 Copyright © by Nikola-Michael Prpic. All rights reserved.	Related information: Subspecies Original description Synonyms Identification Distribution Biology References