Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Hesperiidae > Erynnis > Erynnis lucilius

Erynnis lucilius (Columbine Dusky Wing)

Synonyms: Nisoniades lucilius

Wikipedia Abstract

Erynnis lucilius, the columbine duskywing, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America from southern Quebec to Manitoba and south to the northeastern United States. The wingspan is 21–29 mm. There are two generations in the east from early May to mid-June. The larvae feed on Aquilegia canadensis.
View Wikipedia Record: Erynnis lucilius

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  0.984 inches (.025 m)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Calvin College Ecosystem Preserve 90 Michigan, United States

Prey / Diet

Aquilegia canadensis (American columbine)[2]
Aquilegia vulgaris (European columbine)[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