Satyrium fuliginosum

Sooty hairstreak
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Satyrium
Species:	S. fuliginosum
Binomial name
	Satyrium fuliginosum; (W.H. Edwards, 1861)
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]

The wingspan is 24–30 mm. The upperside is drab dark grey. The underside is grey to greyish brown. The forewing sometimes has a line of white-bordered dark spots. 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

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

External links

Sooty hairstreak, Butterflies of Canada

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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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