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)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lycaena fuliginosa Edwards, 1861
  • Satyrium fuliginosa
  • Lycaena suasa Boisduval, 1869
  • Satyrium fuliginosum tildeni Mattoon & Austin, 1998

The Sooty Hairstreak (Satyrium fuliginosum) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. 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.

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