Euphyes conspicua

Black Dash
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Euphyes
Species:	E. conspicua
Binomial name
Euphyes conspicua (Edwards, 1863)[1]
Synonyms
Hesperia conspicua Edwards, 1863 Euphyes conspicuus Atrytone conspicua Hesperia pontiac Edwards, 1863 Limochroes pontiac Hedone orono Scudder, 1872 Atrytone buchholzi Ehrlich and Gillham, 1951

The Black Dash (Euphyes conspicua) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in the upper Midwest of North America, from eastern Nebraska east to southern Ontario and along the central Atlantic Coast from Massachusetts south to south-eastern Virginia.^[2]

The wingspan is 32–42 mm. The upperside is black. The underside of the hindwings is reddish brown with a curved band of yellow spots. Adults are on wing from June to August in one generation per year. They feed on the nectar of various flowers.

The larvae feed on Carex stricta and possibly other Carex species.

Subspecies

E. conspicua has three subspecies:^[3]

• E. c. buchholzi (P. Ehrlich and Gillham, 1951)
• E. c. conspicua (W. H. Edwards, 1863)
• E. c. orono (Scudder, 1872)

References

1. Euphyes, Site of Markku Savela
2. Butterflies and Moths of North America
3. "Euphyes conspicua". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 January 2014.