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Satyrium fuliginosum

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Sooty hairstreak
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
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.[2]

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

The larvae feed on Lupinus.

Subspecies

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

References

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  1. ^ Satyrium at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Butterflies and Moths of North America
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