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Satyrium fuliginosum

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(Redirected from Satyrium fuliginosa) Species of butterfly

Sooty hairstreak
Conservation status

Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Satyrium
Species: S. fuliginosum
Binomial name
Satyrium fuliginosum
(W.H. Edwards, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Lycaena fuliginosa Edwards, 1861
  • Satyrium fuliginosa
  • Lycaena suasa Boisduval, 1869
  • Satyrium fuliginosum tildeni Mattoon & Austin, 1998

Satyrium fuliginosum, the sooty hairstreak, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western North America from British Columbia to central California, east to Wyoming and northern Colorado.

Adults are on wing from July to August. Adults feed on flower nectar.

The larvae feed on Lupinus.

Subspecies

  • S. f. albolineatum Mattoon & Austin, 1998
  • S. f. fuliginosum
  • S. f. tildenia Mattoon & Austin, 1998

References

  1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  2. Satyrium at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. Butterflies and Moths of North America

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Taxon identifiers
Satyrium fuliginosum


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