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Atrytonopsis hianna (Dusted Skipper)

Synonyms: Hesperia grotei; Hesperia hianna; Lerema hianna

Wikipedia Abstract

Atrytonopsis hianna, the dusted skipper, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in the United States from eastern Wyoming, central Colorado, northern New Mexico and central Texas east to New Hampshire and Massachusetts, south to peninsular Florida and the Gulf Coast. The wingspan is 32-43 mm. There is one generation with adults on from May to June in the north. In the south there are two generations with adults on wing from March to October in Florida.
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Infraspecies

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.181 inches (.03 m)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Badlands National Park II 178535 South Dakota, United States

Prey / Diet

Andropogon gerardi (big bluestem)[1]
Apocynum cannabinum (prairie dogbane)[2]
Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem)[2]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0