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Satyrium fuliginosa (Sooty Hairstreak)

Synonyms: Lycaena fuliginosa (heterotypic); Lycaena suasa; Satyrium fulginosum

Wikipedia Abstract

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. 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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Infraspecies

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.063 inches (.027 m)

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1Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0