Hesperia uncas

Uncas Skipper
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Hesperiini
Genus: Hesperia
Species: H. uncas
Binomial name
Hesperia uncas
W.H. Edwards, 1863
Subspecies

4 sspp., see text

Synonyms
  • Hesperia unkas Mabille, (misspelled)
  • Hesperia uncus F. M. Brown, Eff & Rotger, 1956, (misspelled)
  • Erynnis uncas Dyar, 1903

The Uncas Skipper or White-vein Skipper (Hesperia uncas) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. 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 (Stipa nevadensis), and blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis).[2]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Uncas Skipper, Butterflies of Canada
  2. 1 2 Hesperia, funet.fi

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