Hesperia uncas
Uncas skipper | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Hesperia |
Species: | H. uncas
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Binomial name | |
Hesperia uncas W.H. Edwards, 1863
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Subspecies | |
4 subspecies, see text | |
Synonyms | |
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Hesperia uncas, the Uncas skipper or white-vein skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from US Midwest to southern portions of the three Canadian Prairie provinces, north as far as Edmonton, Alberta.[1]
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, in Canada from mid-June to late July.[1]
The larvae feed on Deschampsia elongata, Stipa, Bromus rubens, and Poa pratensis. Adults feed on flower nectar from various flowers, including rabbitbrush, needlegrass (), and blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis).[2]
Subspecies[]
Listed alphabetically:[2]
- H. u. gilberi MacNeill, 1964
- H. u. lasus (Edwards, 1884)
- H. u. macswaini MacNeill, 1964
- H. u. uncas
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External links[]
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- Uncas Skipper, Butterflies and Moths of North America
Categories:
- Hesperia (butterfly)
- Butterflies described in 1863
- Butterflies of North America
- Taxa named by William Henry Edwards
- Hesperiini stubs