Clouded Skipper
Lerema accius (J.E. Smith, 1797)
Clouded Skipper: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/600
Synonyms
Hodges #3998 
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180 Records

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Relationships

Host plants include Witchgrass and Thin Paspalum, and various grasses in the genus Echinochloa (Dallas County Lepidopterists' Society and Cech and Tudor, 2005).

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"Clouded skipper" redirects here. For the other butterfly with this common name, see Tagiades flesus.

Lerema accius
In Hephzibah, Georgia

Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Lerema
Species:
L. accius
Binomial name
Lerema accius
(Smith, 1797)
Synonyms
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  • Papilio accius Smith, 1797
  • Hesperia monoco Scudder, 1863
  • Hesperia punctella Grote & Robinson, 1867
  • Hesperia nortonii Edwards, 1867
  • Goniloba parumpunctata Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
  • Hesperia phocylides Plötz, 1882
  • Papilio curtius (Scudder, 1889) (nom. nud.)
  • Hesperia chamis (Scudder, 1889) (nom. nud.)
  • Hesperia dido Plötz, 1882
  • Lerema lochius

Lerema accius, the clouded skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the United States from Georgia west to Texas, south to Florida, and south through Mexico and Central America to Venezuela and Colombia.

The wingspan is 32–45 mm. Adults are on wing year round in Florida and southern Texas.

The larvae feed on various grasses including Saccharum giganteum,[2] Stenotaphrum secundatum, Erianthus alopecturoides and Echinochloa povietianum. Adults feed on the nectar of various pink, purple, or white flowers, including shepherd's needle, selfheal, vervain, buttonbush and lantana.

Subspecies

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  • Lerema accius accius
  • Lerema accius lochius (Venezuela)

Photos

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  • Ventral view
    Ventral view

References

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  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Lerema accius Clouded Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS)". www.fnps.org. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
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