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Subfamily Hesperiinae - Grass Skippers

Fiery Skippers - Hylephila phyleus - male - female

Bronze Roadside Skipper? - Polites themistocles

Amblyscirtes sp? - Amblyscirtes alternata

Skipper 493A 2003 & 2006 - Hesperia juba

unidentifiedskipper11640 - Poanes viator

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)

Family Hesperiidae (Skippers)

Subfamily Hesperiinae (Grass Skippers)

Explanation of Names

Subfamily Hesperiinae Latreille, 1809

Food

Larval foodplants of most Hesperiinae are grasses and sedges.

Life Cycle

Larvae typically live in nests feeding mostly at night.

Print References

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Works Cited

1.	A Field Guide to Eastern Butterflies (Peterson Field Guides) Paul A. Opler, Vichai Malikul, Roger Tory Peterson. 1992. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Contributed by Joel Kits on 13 March, 2005 - 1:47pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn
Last updated 3 January, 2018 - 11:53am

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