Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Hesperiidae > Euphyes > Euphyes conspicua

Euphyes conspicua (Black Dash)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Euphyes conspicua, the black dash, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in the upper Midwest of North America, from eastern Nebraska east to southern Ontario and along the central Atlantic Coast from Massachusetts south to south-eastern Virginia. The wingspan is 32–42 mm. The upperside is black. The underside of the hindwings is reddish brown with a curved band of yellow spots. Adults are on wing from June to August in one generation per year. They feed on the nectar of various flowers. The larvae feed on Carex stricta and possibly other Carex species.
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Infraspecies

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.142 inches (.029 m)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Western Michigan University’s Asylum Lake Preserve 274 Michigan, United States

Prey / Diet

Carex stricta (upright sedge)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
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