A Broad-winged Skipper in Calvert Co., Maryland (6/23/2018).

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Broad-winged Skipper in Kent Co., Maryland (7/2/2020). (c) Judy Gallagher, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 181398 - Psn: 14)

Broad-winged Skipper in Kent Co., Maryland (7/2/2020). (c) Judy Gallagher, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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A Broad-winged Skipper on Common Buttonbush in Dorchester Co., Maryland (7/4/2015).

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A Broad-winged Skipper in Prince Georges Co., Maryland (7/18/2015).

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A Broad-winged Skipper in Kent Co., Maryland (6/22/2013).

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A Broad-winged Skipper in Kent Co., Maryland (6/22/2013).

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A Broad-winged Skipper in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (9/23/2012).

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A Broad-winged Skipper in Talbot Co., Maryland (6/25/2018).

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Broad-winged Skipper in Kent Co., Maryland (7/2/2016). (c) Judy Gallagher, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/'>CC BY</a>). (Photo ID: 195953 - Psn: 35)

Broad-winged Skipper in Kent Co., Maryland (7/2/2016). (c) Judy Gallagher, some rights reserved (CC BY).

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A Broad-winged Skipper in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/26/2015).

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Broad-winged Skipper in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/30/2017). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 230141 - Psn: 45)

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Broad-winged Skipper in Somerset Co., Maryland (6/25/2022). (c) Jonathan Irons, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 596468 - Psn: 45)

Broad-winged Skipper in Somerset Co., Maryland (6/25/2022). (c) Jonathan Irons, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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A Broad-winged Skipper in Harford Co., Maryland (6/20/2017).

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Broad-winged Skipper in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (7/30/2017). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 230140 - Psn: 55)

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A Broad-winged Skipper in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/13/2020).

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Broad-winged Skipper in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (6/22/2019). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 292171 - Psn: 56)

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A Broad-winged Skipper in Baltimore City, Maryland (7/9/2011). Confirmed by Dick Smith/BAMONA.

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A Broad-winged Skipper in Worcester Co., Maryland (9/20/2013). Verified by William Edwards/BugGuide.

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A Broad-winged Skipper in Howard Co., Maryland (7/7/2018).

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Broad-winged Skipper in Dorchester Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 842318 - Psn: 65)

Broad-winged Skipper in Dorchester Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Broad-winged Skipper in Kent Co., Maryland (6/30/2020). (c) rborchelt, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 180196 - Psn: 72)

Broad-winged Skipper in Kent Co., Maryland (6/30/2020). (c) rborchelt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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A Broad-winged Skipper in Dorchester Co., Maryland (9/22/2018).

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Broad-winged Skipper in Baltimore City, Maryland (7/19/2014). (c) Bill Hubick, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 936804 - Psn: 78)

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A Broad-winged Skipper in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/24/2015).

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A Broad-winged Skipper in Talbot Co., Maryland (8/4/2013).

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Relationships

Host plant: Common Reed, Annual Wildrice, Giant Cutgrass (Cech and Tudor,2005). Inland Broad-winged Skippers may also use Hairy Sedge (Ethridge, 1998).

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A Broad-winged Skipper in Calvert Co., Maryland (6/23/2018). View Record Details Media by Josh Emm.

Broad-winged Skipper in Kent Co., Maryland (7/2/2020). (c) Judy Gallagher, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Judy Gallagher.

A Broad-winged Skipper on Common Buttonbush in Dorchester Co., Maryland (7/4/2015). View Record Details Media by Jim Brighton.

A Broad-winged Skipper in Prince Georges Co., Maryland (7/18/2015). View Record Details Media by Jim Brighton.

A Broad-winged Skipper in Kent Co., Maryland (6/22/2013). View Record Details Media by Jim Brighton.

A Broad-winged Skipper in Kent Co., Maryland (6/22/2013). Media by Jim Brighton.

A Broad-winged Skipper in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (9/23/2012). View Record Details Media by Annette Allor.

A Broad-winged Skipper in Talbot Co., Maryland (6/25/2018). View Record Details Media by Jim Brighton.

Broad-winged Skipper in Kent Co., Maryland (7/2/2016). (c) Judy Gallagher, some rights reserved (CC BY). View Record Details Media by Judy Gallagher.

A Broad-winged Skipper in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/26/2015). View Record Details Media by Jim Brighton.

Broad-winged Skipper in Somerset Co., Maryland (6/25/2022). (c) Jonathan Irons, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Jonathan Irons.

A Broad-winged Skipper in Harford Co., Maryland (6/20/2017). View Record Details Media by John Rinker.

A Broad-winged Skipper in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/13/2020). View Record Details Media by Frode Jacobsen.

A Broad-winged Skipper in Baltimore City, Maryland (7/9/2011). Confirmed by Dick Smith/BAMONA. View Record Details Media by Thomas Wilson.

A Broad-winged Skipper in Worcester Co., Maryland (9/20/2013). Verified by William Edwards/BugGuide. View Record Details Media by Scott Housten.

A Broad-winged Skipper in Howard Co., Maryland (7/7/2018). View Record Details Media by Kevin Heffernan.

Broad-winged Skipper in Dorchester Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Emilio Concari, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Emilio Concari.

Broad-winged Skipper in Kent Co., Maryland (6/30/2020). (c) rborchelt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by rborchelt via iNaturalist.

A Broad-winged Skipper in Dorchester Co., Maryland (9/22/2018). View Record Details Media by Jim Moore.

A Broad-winged Skipper in Worcester Co., Maryland (7/24/2015). View Record Details Media by Scott Housten.

A Broad-winged Skipper in Talbot Co., Maryland (8/4/2013). View Record Details Media by Jared Satchell.

Source: Wikipedia

Poanes viator


Conservation status
Secure (NatureServe)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Poanes
Species:	P. viator
Binomial name
*Poanes viator* (W.H. Edwards, 1865)
Subspecies
P. v. viator P. v. zizaniae

Poanes viator, the broad-winged skipper, is a skipper butterfly found in North America.

Distribution

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It ranges from Texas to Florida and along the east coast to Massachusetts and west to southern Quebec and Ontario to the Dakotas.^[2]

Host plants

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Larvae feed on Carex sp. and Phragmites australis.^[3]

References

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^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Poanes viator Broad-winged Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
^ Jim P. Brock and Kenn Kaufman (2003). Butterflies of North America. Houghton Mifflin, New York, NY. ISBN 0618153128
^ Poanes, funet.fi

External links

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Broad-winged Skipper, Butterflies of Canada
Broad-winged Skipper, Butterflies and Moths of North America

Taxon identifiers
Poanes viator	Wikidata: Q7206167 Wikispecies: Poanes viator BAMONA: Poanes-viator BioLib: 703276 BOLD: 100925 BugGuide: 23670 CoL: 4KN7H EoL: 218560 GBIF: 1946610 iNaturalist: 58511 IRMNG: 10665512 ITIS: 706641 LepIndex: 186789 MONA: 4064 NatureServe: 2.113461 NCBI: 2753955 Open Tree of Life: 3063034

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Broad-winged Skipper

Poanes viator (W.H. Edwards, 1865)

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