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- Kingdom - Animals - Animalia
  - Phylum - Spiders, Insects, and Crustaceans - Arthropoda
    - Class - Insects - Insecta
      - Order - Butterflies / Moths - Lepidoptera
        
        Family - Gossamerwing / Hairstreak Butterflies - Lycaenidae
        
        Species - Sooty Hairstreak - Satyrium fuliginosa

Sooty Hairstreak - Satyrium fuliginosa

Other Names: Satyrium fuliginosum

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Native Species

Global Rank: G5?
State Rank: SNR

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General Description

This species does not occur in Montana. See the Half-moon Hairstreak (Satyrium semiluna), once considered a subspecies of the Sooty Hairstreak (S. fuliginosa) but now elevated to full-species status.

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References

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- Forister, M.L., C.A. Halsch, C.C. Nice, J.A. Fordyce, T.E. Dilts, J.C. Oliver, K.L. Prudic, A.M. Shapiro, J.K. Wilson, J. Glassberg. 2021. Fewer butterflies seen by community scientists across the warming and drying landscapes of the American West. Science 371:1042-1045.
- Forister, M.L., E.M. Grames, C.A. Halsch, K.J. Burls, C.F. Carroll, K.L. Bell, J.P. Jahner, et al. 2023. Assessing risk for butterflies in the context of climate change, demographic uncertainty, and heterogeneous data sources. Ecological Monographs 93(3):e1584. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1584
- Hendricks, P. and M. Roedel. 2001. A faunal survey of the Centennial Valley Sandhills, Beaverhead County, Montana. Report to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Montana Natural Heritage Program, Helena, MT. 44 p.
- Layberry, R.A., P.W. Hall, and J.D. LaFontaine. 1998. The Butterflies of Canada. University of Toronto Press. 280 pp. + color plates.
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Citation for data on this website:
Sooty Hairstreak — Satyrium fuliginosa. Montana Field Guide. Montana Natural Heritage Program. Retrieved on April 25, 2024, from https://FieldGuide.mt.gov/speciesDetail.aspx?elcode=IILEPD4020