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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Skippers (Hesperiidae) » Grass Skippers (Hesperiinae) » Hesperiini » Poanes » Aaron's Skipper - Hodges#4062 (Poanes aaroni)

Species Poanes aaroni - Aaron's Skipper - Hodges#4062

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Aaron's Skipper - Poanes aaroni Tawny-edged Skipper or Southern Broken-Dash?? - Poanes aaroni - female Aaron's Skipper - Poanes aaroni Aaron's Skipper - Poanes aaroni Aaron's Skipper - Poanes aaroni - male Aaron's Skipper at the Magnolia Plantations and Gardens - Poanes aaroni Poanes aaroni - subspecies howardi? - Poanes aaroni Poanes aaroni - subspecies howardi? - Poanes aaroni
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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)
Tribe Hesperiini
Genus Poanes
Species aaroni (Aaron's Skipper - Hodges#4062)
Hodges Number
4062
Size
3.3-4.3cm wingspan
Identification
Underwing is dull olive/brown with a pale ray extending down the middle of the wing, and several light dots near the ray.
Range
Seperate populations in coastal NJ to central NC, several populations in Ga. and most of Fl. and eastern Tx.
Habitat
Coastal marshes, and freshwater wetlands. Can be found nectaring away from preferred habitat.
Season
2 broods, Feb - June, then Aug -Oct.
Food
Smooth Cordgrass, Salt Grass, Maidencane, and possibly other grasses.
Print References
(1) (2) (3)
Internet References
Nearctica
Works Cited
1.Butterflies of the East Coast : An Observer's Guide
Rick Cech, Guy Tudor. 2005. Princeton University Press.
2.Butterflies of North America (Kaufman Focus Guides)
Jim P. Brock, Kenn Kaufman. 2003. Houghton Mifflin Co.
3.Butterflies Through Binoculars: The East
Jeffrey Glassberg. 1999. Oxford University Press.
Contributed by tom murray on 19 November, 2005 - 2:13pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 2 July, 2017 - 5:07pm

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