Subfamily Hesperiinae - Grass Skippers

Classification · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Works Cited

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Hesperioidea (Skippers)

Family Hesperiidae (Skippers)

Subfamily Hesperiinae (Grass Skippers)

Food

Larval foodplants of most Hesperiinae are grasses and sedges.

Life Cycle

Larvae typically live in nests feeding mostly at night.

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Works Cited

1.	A Field Guide to Eastern Butterflies (Peterson Field Guides) By Paul A. Opler, Vichai Malikul, Roger Tory Peterson

Contributed by Joel Kits on 13 March, 2005 - 1:47pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 1 October, 2005 - 10:11am

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