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Hesperia pahaska (Pahaska Skipper)

Synonyms: Hesperia williamsi

Wikipedia Abstract

Hesperia pahaska, the Pahaska skipper, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from North America in a narrow belt of states extending from Texas to North Dakota, just reaching Canada in southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The wingspan is 28–33 mm. The flight period is from June to early July in the northern U.S. The larvae feed on blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis), fluff grass (Erioneuron pulchellum), Poaceae species, and Tridens pulchella.
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Infraspecies

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.181 inches (.03 m)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Badlands National Park II 178535 South Dakota, United States

Prey / Diet

Bouteloua gracilis (Blue grama)[1]
Munroa pulchella (low woollygrass)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Dipodomys ordii (Ord's kangaroo rat)1
Hesperia leonardus (Leonard's skipper)1
Hesperia uncas (Uncas Skipper)1

External References

NatureServe Explorer

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