Sooty hairstreak | |
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Conservation status | |
Secure (NatureServe) | |
Scientific 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 | |
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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
- "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
- Satyrium at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Butterflies and Moths of North America
External links
- Sooty hairstreak, Butterflies of Canada
Taxon identifiers | |
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Satyrium fuliginosum |
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