Species Satyrium semiluna - Sagebrush Sooty Hairstreak - Hodges#4277.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · See Also

Sagebrush Sooty Hairstreak - Satyrium semiluna

Satyrium fuliginosum - Satyrium semiluna

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)

Family Lycaenidae (Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks, Harvesters)

Subfamily Theclinae (Hairstreaks)

Tribe Eumaeini

Genus Satyrium

Species semiluna (Sagebrush Sooty Hairstreak - Hodges#4277.1)

Hodges Number

4277.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Satyrium fuliginosa ssp. semiluna Klots, 1930. Type locality: Half Moon Ranch, Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Satyrium fuliginosa ssp. maculadistinctum Mattoon & Austin, 1998. Type locality: west slope East Sister, Sweetwater Mountains, Lyon County, Nevada

Satyrium semiluna (Klots) A.D. Warren, 2005

Satyrium semiluna ssp. maculadistinctum (Mattoon & Austin) A.D. Warren, 2005

Explanation of Names

Latin for "half-moon"

Identification

Tailless, dorsal drab gray, underwing grayish to brown, with the FW usually having a line of dark dots circled in white, and the HW can have some whitish dots.

Distinction from S. fuliginosum as a distinct species is debated, and needs further study in potential zones of contact. Distinguished from that species by the presence (sometimes faint) of a "stigma" or "sex brand" on the upper front wing of the males, and by distribution. Zone of contact should be near the east base of the Sierra Nevada and northward across southwestern Oregon.

Range

Wyoming and Colorado, west to east-central California, and north to British Columbia.

Habitat

Open, usually exposed areas in association with Lupines (Lupinus species) and usually also with Sagebrush (Artemisia species).

Food

Lupines (Lupinus species)

See Also

Satyrium fuliginosum

Contributed by tom murray on 12 July, 2006 - 10:36pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Chuck Entz, David Ferguson
Last updated 3 July, 2017 - 3:11am

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