Hesperia uncas
Hesperia uncas, the Uncas skipper or white-vein skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from US Midwest to southern portions of the three Canadian Prairie provinces, north as far as Edmonton, Alberta.[1]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Hesperia |
| Species: | H. uncas |
| Binomial name | |
| Hesperia uncas W.H. Edwards, 1863 | |
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The wingspan is 32–42 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing from May to June and again from August to September, in Canada from mid-June to late July.[1]
The larvae feed on Deschampsia elongata, Stipa, Bromus rubens, and Poa pratensis. Adults feed on flower nectar from various flowers, including rabbitbrush, needlegrass (Stipa nevadensis), and blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis).[2]
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically:[2]
- H. u. gilberi MacNeill, 1964
- H. u. lasus (Edwards, 1884)
- H. u. macswaini MacNeill, 1964
- H. u. uncas
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References
- Uncas Skipper, Butterflies of Canada
- Hesperia, funet.fi
External links
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- Uncas Skipper, Butterflies and Moths of North America
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