Erynnis martialis

Mottled Duskywing
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Erynnini
Genus: Erynnis
Species: E. martialis
Binomial name
Erynnis martialis
(Scudder, 1869)
Synonyms
  • Nisoniades martialis Scudder, 1869
  • Thanaos quercus Butler, 1870
  • Nisoniades ausonius Lintner, 1872

Mottled Duskywing (Erynnis martialis) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in most of the eastern United States and in southern Ontario, Quebec, and southeastern Manitoba.[1]

The wingspan is 25–29 mm. There can be two generations from mid-May to late August.[1]

The larvae feed on Ceanothus americanus and Ceanothus fendleri.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Mottled Duskywing, Butterflies of Canada
  2. Erynnis, funet.fi

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