Euphyes bimacula

Two-spotted skipper
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Euphyes
Species: E. bimacula
Binomial name
Euphyes bimacula
(Grote & Robinson, 1867)
Synonyms
  • Hesperia bimacula Grote & Robinson, 1867
  • H. acanootus (Scudder, 1868)
  • H. illinois (Dodge, 1872)
  • H. contradicta (Leussler, 1933)

Euphyes bimacula, the two-spotted skipper, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in North America, from northeast Colorado and western Nebraska; eastern Nebraska east to southern Quebec; southern Maine south to central Virginia; coastal plain south to Georgia; and the Gulf Coast.[1]

The wingspan is 25–30 mm. They are dark brown on the upperside and pale tawny orange beneath.[2]

The larvae feed on Carex trichocarpa.[3] Adults feed on nectar from flowers including pickerelweed, sweet pepperbush, blue flag, common milkweed, and spiraea.[4]

The species is listed as endangered in the Connecticut by state authorities.[5]

Subspecies

There are three subspecies of E. bimacula:[6]

  • E. b. arbotsti Gatrelle, 1999
  • E. b. bimacula (Grote & Robinson, 1867)
  • E. b. arbotsti (Dodge, 1872)

References

  1. ↑ Two-spotted Skipper, Butterflies and Moths of North America
  2. ↑ Two-spotted Skipper, Butterflies of Canada
  3. ↑ Euphyes, Site of Markku Savela
  4. ↑ https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Euphyes-bimacula
  5. ↑ http://www.ct.gov/deep/lib/deep/wildlife/pdf_files/nongame/ets15.pdf
  6. ↑ "Euphyes bimacula". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 January 2014.


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