Western branded skipper | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Hesperia |
Species: | H. colorado
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Binomial name | |
Hesperia colorado (Scudder, 1874)
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Hesperia colorado, the western branded skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.
It is found from in Eurasia and north-western Africa, coast to coast in North America in boreal and subalpine areas south as far as Colorado, hence the Latin name.[1]
The wingspan is 22–30 mm. The flight period is from late June to mid-August in western North America and from late July to early September in eastern North America.[1]
The larvae feed on species of Muhlenbergia, Stipa, Andropogon, and Lolium.[1][2]
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