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Species Euphyes vestris - Dun Skipper

Classification · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Dun Skipper, a brown butterfly - Euphyes vestris - male Small Dark Skipper - Euphyes vestris Dun Skipper For Illinois In May - Euphyes vestris - male Dun Skipper - Euphyes vestris - female Unknown skipper - Euphyes vestris Mating Dun Skippers - Euphyes vestris - male - female Dun Skipper - Euphyes vestris - female Dun Skipper - Euphyes vestris
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies)
Family Hesperiidae (Skippers)
Subfamily Hesperiinae (Grass Skippers)
Genus Euphyes
Species vestris (Dun Skipper)
Identification
Small chocolate-brown butterfly with few markings.

Underside of hind wing either unmarked or with a faint spot-band.

Upperside of forewing with a black diagonal line (male) or several small whitish spots (female).
Range
"Nova Scotia west across southern Canada to southern Alberta; south to Florida, the Gulf Coast, and eastern Texas. Separate populations in the high plains and Rocky Mountains, and on the Pacific Coast." - Butterlies and Moths of North America
Habitat
Moist woodland edges.
Food
Larvae feed on sedges.
Life Cycle
Overwinters as a third-instar larva.
Print References
(1)
Internet References
Butterflies and Moths of North America
Works Cited
1.Butterflies of Florida Field Guide (Our Nature Field Guides)
By Jaret C. Daniels
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 9 April, 2004 - 4:58pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason
Last updated 12 July, 2006 - 10:51am

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