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Western Sooty Hairstreak

Satyrium fuliginosa

104 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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24 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 9, February 8, March 8, April 10, May 10, June 9, July 15, August 12, September 8, October 8, November 10, December 8.
United States353
California97
Washington50
Colorado49
Oregon40
Nevada34
Canada31
Idaho31
Utah29
Alberta16

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyGossamer-winged Butterflies · Lycaenidae
GenusSatyrid Hairstreaks · Satyrium

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Western Sooty Hairstreak with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.