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Hesperia metea (Cobweb Skipper)

Synonyms: Hesperia belfragei; Hesperia horus; Hesperia metea licinus; Pamphila horus; Pamphila licinus

Wikipedia Abstract

Hesperia metea, the cobweb skipper, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It has a scattered distribution in the United States from southern Maine west to Wisconsin, south to central Georgia, the Gulf States and central Texas. The wingspan is 29-35 mm. There is one generation with adults on wing from late March to early June.
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Infraspecies

Hesperia metea intermedia
Hesperia metea metea

Protected Areas

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

Prey / Diet

Andropogon gerardi (big bluestem)[1]
Schizachyrium scoparium (little bluestem)[1]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit 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