Sooty_hairstreak

<i>Satyrium fuliginosum</i>

Satyrium fuliginosum

Species of butterfly

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]

Quick Facts Sooty hairstreak, Scientific classification ...

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


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