Erynnis zarucco

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Zarucco duskywing
Erynnis zarucco (Lucas, 1857). Zarucco Duskywing - Flickr - gailhampshire.jpg

Secure (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Family:
Hesperiidae
Tribe:
Genus:
Erynnis
Species:
E. zarucco
Binomial name
Erynnis zarucco
(H. Lucas, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Thanaos zarucco H. Lucas, 1857
  • Nisoniades terentius Scudder & Burgess, 1870
  • Nisoniades ovidius Scudder & Burgess, 1870
  • Nisoniades naevius Lintner, 1881
  • Antigonus diogenes Plötz, 1884

Erynnis zarucco, the zarucco duskywing, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found (rarely) from southern Ontario to the southeastern United States.[2]

The wingspan is 32–38 mm. There are three generations in the deep south but only two in the north.[2]

The larvae feed on tree and herbaceous Fabaceae.

References[]

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Erynnis zarucco Zarucco Duskywing". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b Zarucco Duskywing, Butterflies of Canada

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