Erynnis zarucco

Zarucco Duskywing
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Erynnini
Genus: Erynnis
Species: E. zarucco
Binomial name
Erynnis zarucco
(Lucas, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Thanaos zarucco Lucas, 1857
  • Nisoniades terentius Scudder & Burgess, 1870
  • Nisoniades ovidius Scudder & Burgess, 1870
  • Nisoniades naevius Lintner, 1881
  • Antigonus diogenes Plötz, 1884

Zarucco Duskywing (Erynnis zarucco) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found (rarely) from southern Ontario to southeastern USA.[1]

The wingspan is 32–38 mm. There are three generations in the deep south but only two in the north.[1]

The larvae feed on tree and herbaceous Fabaceae.

References

  1. 1 2 Zarucco Duskywing, Butterflies of Canada

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