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Erynnis pacuvius (Pacuvius Duskywing)

Synonyms: Nisoniades pacuvius

Wikipedia Abstract

Erynnis pacuvius, the Pacuvius duskywing, Dyar's duskywing or buckthorn dusky wing, is a skipper butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in most of the western United States and in southern British Columbia. The wingspan is 29–33 mm. The flight period is between June and July in the north with a second generation in the south. The larvae feed on Ceanothus species.
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Infraspecies

Erynnis pacuvius lilius
Erynnis pacuvius pacuvius

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.22 inches (.031 m)

Prey / Diet

Ceanothus cordulatus (whitethorn ceanothus)[2]
Ceanothus fendleri (Fendler ceanothus)[2]
Ceanothus greggii (desert ceanothus)[3]
Ceanothus oliganthus (hairy ceanothus)[2]

External References

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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
♦ 3Jorrit 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.
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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