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Species Atrytone arogos - Arogos Skipper - Hodges#4050

Representative Images

Arogos Skipper - Atrytone arogos Arogos Skipper - Atrytone arogos Arogos Skipper - Atrytone arogos - male Arogos Skipper - Atrytone arogos - female Arogos Skipper - Atrytone arogos - female Arogos Skipper - Atrytone arogos Small Tan & Orange Skipper in Tallgrass Prairie - Atrytone arogos Small Tan & Orange Skipper in Tallgrass Prairie - Atrytone arogos
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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 Atrytone
Species arogos (Arogos Skipper - Hodges#4050)

Hodges Number

4050

Other Common Names

Iowa Skipper for Atrytone arogos iowa

Explanation of Names

Atrytone arogos (Boisduval & Le Conte, [1837])

Numbers

2 subspecies:
Atrytone arogos arogos (Boisduval & Le Conte, [1837]) - Coastal States
Atrytone arogos iowa (Scudder, 1868) - Great Plains

Range

largest population ranges from s. KS to n. TX - Map (MPG) - other widely scattered records

Season

Rare. Two flights in North Carolina: June and mid-August to early September.

Food

Pine Barren Sandreed - Calamovilfa brevipilis (Poaceae) in North Carolina.

Remarks

Oklahoma considers Atrytone arogos iowa to be a "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) (1)

Internet References

Moth Photogrpahers Group - MPG
Butterflies of America - BOA

Works Cited

1.Oklahoma "Species of Greatest Conservation Need" (SGCN) - 2005
Contributed by Will Cook on 30 September, 2006 - 8:06pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 2 June, 2016 - 12:40pm

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