Hesperia sassacus

Indian Skipper
On Canada Hawkweed
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Hesperiini
Genus: Hesperia
Species: H. sassacus
Binomial name
Hesperia sassacus
Harris, 1862

The Indian Skipper (Hesperia sassacus) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family.

It is found from northeastern U.S., and in Canada in southwestern New Brunswick and in a broad band from the Eastern Townships of Quebec through to southern Manitoba.[1]

The wingspan is 25–30 mm. The flight period is late May to early July.[1]

The larvae feed on Nodding Fescue (Festuca obtusa), Poverty Grass (Danthonia spicata), and panic grass (Panicum), Bouteloua, Andropogon, Aristida, and Poaceae spp.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Indian Skipper, Butterflies of Canada
  2. Hesperia, funet.fi

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