Satyrium w-album (Knoch, 1782)
(White-letter Hairstreak)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Satyrium w-album (White-letter Hairstreak)
Genus	Satyrium (a genus of hairstreak butterflies)
Tribe	Eumaeini (a tribe of hairstreak butterflies)
Subfamily	THECLINAE (hairstreak butterflies)
Family	LYCAENIDAE (blues, coppers and hairstreaks)
Superfamily	PAPILIONOIDEA (butterflies)
Suborder	GLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
Order	LEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Satyrium w-album is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Records of Satyrium w-album (White-letter Hairstreak) :
1: Satyrium w-album (White-letter Hairstreak)
17 Jul 2010	OSGR: SU56	51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W	Vice County: Berks (VC 22)	England
Visiting Hemp Agrimony

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Marren, P.	2004	The English names of Butterflies	British Wildlife Vol 15, No. 6: 401-408.

Satyrium w-album (White-letter Hairstreak) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

PAPILIONOIDEA
(butterflies)

LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Satyrium w-album (White-letter Hairstreak)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Satyrium w-album (White-letter Hairstreak)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Satyrium w-album is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)