Hesperia colorado
Western branded skipper | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Clade: | Euarthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Hesperia |
Species: | H. colorado |
Binomial name | |
Hesperia colorado (Scudder, 1874) | |
Subspecies | |
6 ssp., see text | |
Synonyms | |
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Hesperia colorado, the western branded skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.
It is found from in Eurasia and north-western Africa, coast to coast in North America in boreal and subalpine areas south as far as Colorado, hence the Latin name.[1]
The wingspan is 22–30 mm. The flight period is from late June to mid-August in western North America and from late July to early September in eastern North America.[1]
The larvae feed on Muhlenbergia, Stipa, Andropogon, and Lolium.[1][2]
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically:[2]
- H. c. colorado (Scudder, 1874)
- H. c. harpalus (Edwards, 1881) – Idaho branded skipper
- H. c. leussleri Lindsey, 1940
- H. c. mattoonorum McGuire, 1998
- H. c. oregonia (Edwards, 1883) – Oregon branded skipper
- H. c. tildeni Freeman, 1956
References
External links
- Western Branded Skipper, Butterflies and Moths of North America
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