Species Lon zabulon - Zabulon Skipper - Hodges#4060

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited

Zabulon Skipper For Illinois In July - Lon zabulon - male

Female Zabulon Skipper - Lon zabulon - female

Zabulon Skippers - Lon zabulon - male - female

Zabulon Skipper Mating Ritual - Lon zabulon - male - female

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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

Subtribe Hesperiina

Genus Lon

Species zabulon (Zabulon Skipper - Hodges#4060)

Hodges Number

4060

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Poanes zabulon Boisduval & LeConte (1837)

Synonyms:

Lon zabulon (Boisduval and Le Conte, [1837])--in use by iNaturalist

Identification

Male hindwing mostly yellow below, brown at base and along margin. Brown basal area encloses a yellow spot, absent on Hobomok skipper. Above, male has thin cell-end bar on forewing, dark brown borders usually narrower than those of Hobomok skipper. Female resembles "pocahontas" form of female Hobomok but with sharp white margin at upper angle of hindwing below and without white cell spot above. (1) p. 330.

Range

Mostly eastern

Food

Larval food grasses such as: Agrostis, Dactylis, Elytrigia, Eragrostis, Leymus, Poa, Puccinellia and Tridens. Adult food nectar of many flowers.

Print References

(1)

Works Cited

1.	Butterflies of North America (Kaufman Focus Guides) Jim P. Brock, Kenn Kaufman. 2003. Houghton Mifflin Co.

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Steve Nanz, Beatriz Moisset, Lynette Elliott
Last updated 28 April, 2021 - 11:05am

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