Satyrium fuliginosum

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.^[3]

Satyrium fuliginosum
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
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)[2]
Synonyms
Lycaena fuliginosa Edwards, 1861 Satyrium fuliginosa Lycaena suasa Boisduval, 1869 Satyrium fuliginosum tildeni Mattoon & Austin, 1998

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

The larvae feed on Lupinus.

Subspecies

• Satyrium fuliginosum albolineatum Mattoon & Austin, 1998
• Satyrium fuliginosum fuliginosum
• Satyrium fuliginosum 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

External links

• Sooty hairstreak, Butterflies of Canada