Satyrium fuliginosum

Satyrium fuliginosum

Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.[3]

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


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