Sooty Hairstreak,  Specimen- Satyrium fuliginosum semiluna
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IMMATURES  and  HABITAT      OR     ADULT EMERGING        FEMALE
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SPECIMEN FROM THE JACK HARRY COLLECTION

Male Upperwing
.1 mile NW of Bountiful Peak, Davis County, Utah - Elevation  9100 feet
Emerged 7 May 1990
male upperwing

Female Upperwing
.5 mile NE Colton Guard Station, 18 M. N. of Vernal, Uintah  County, Utah - Elevation 8500 feet
Emerged 6 July 2009 - Host  Lupinus sericeus
female upperside

Male Underwing
1 mile NE Colton Guard Station, 18 M. N. of Vernal, Uintah  County, Utah - Elevation 8500 feet
Emerged 11 July, 1996
Male Underwing

1 mile NE Colton Guard Station, 18 M. N. of Vernal, Uintah  County, Utah - Elevation 8500 feet
Emerged 7 July 1996
female underwing






PHOTO DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis

LARVAL HOST PLANT: 
Lupines - 
Lupinus sericeus

TIME SPENT AS:
Ova:  unknown
Pupae:  8 days
Adults:  unknown

BROOD OR FLIGHT:
One flight each year 
per  James A. Scott "The Butterflies of North America"

HIBERNATION:
Overwinter as egg  per  James A. Scott "The Butterflies of North America"

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