Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Hesperiidae > Erynnis > Erynnis afranius

Erynnis afranius (Afranius Duskywing)

Synonyms: Nisoniades afranius

Wikipedia Abstract

Erynnis afranius, the Afranius duskywing or bald duskywing, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from northern Mexico through the central United States to southern Canada in the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The wingspan is 25–31 mm. There can be two generations from mid-May to late August. The larvae feed on Lupinus species, Lotus species and Thermopsis rhombifolia.
View Wikipedia Record: Erynnis afranius

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.102 inches (.028 m)

Prey / Diet

Astragalus crassicarpus (groundplum milkvetch)[1]
Ceanothus oliganthus (hairy ceanothus)[2]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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