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Hesperia juba (Juba Skipper)

Synonyms: Erynnis ogdenensis; Pamphila juba

Wikipedia Abstract

Hesperia juba, the Juba skipper, Yuba skipper, or jagged-border skipper, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in North America from British Columbia, south to southern California, east to Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and north-western New Mexico. The wingspan is 32–42 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing from May to June and again from August to September. The larvae feed on Deschampsia elongata, Stipa, Bromus rubens, and Poa pratensis. Adults feed on flower nectar from various flowers, including rabbitbrush.
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Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.181 inches (.03 m)

Prey / Diet

Deschampsia elongata (slender hairgrass)[1]
Poa pratensis (Kentucky bluegrass)[1]

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