Dusted Skipper in Howard Co., Maryland (5/15/2018).
A Dusted Skipper in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/11/2015).
A Dusted Skipper in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/20/2015).
A Dusted Skipper in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/21/2013).
A Dusted Skipper in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/20/2015).
A Dusted Skipper in Wicomico Co., Maryland (5/19/2007).
A Dusted Skipper in Worcester Co., Maryland (5/17/2017).
A Dusted Skipper in Howard Co., Maryland (5/23/2014). Identified by Dick Smith, who notes this may be the first record in the county in 20 years.
A Dusted Skipper in Howard Co., Maryland (5/23/2014). Identified by Dick Smith, who notes this may be the first record in the county in 20 years.
Dusted Skipper in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/25/2020). (c) Emily L. Stanley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
A Dusted Skipper in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/10/2010).
Dusted Skipper in Worcester Co., Maryland (5/12/2018). (c) Judy Gallagher, some rights reserved (CC BY).
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Host plant: Big Bluestem, Little Blustem, and Shore Little Bluestem (Cech and Tudor, 2005).
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Dusted Skipper in Howard Co., Maryland (5/15/2018).
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Kevin Heffernan.
A Dusted Skipper in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/11/2015).
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Richard Orr.
A Dusted Skipper in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/20/2015).
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Bonnie Ott.
A Dusted Skipper in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/21/2013).
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Annette Allor.
A Dusted Skipper in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/20/2015).
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Richard Orr.
A Dusted Skipper in Wicomico Co., Maryland (5/19/2007).
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Jim Brighton.
A Dusted Skipper in Worcester Co., Maryland (5/17/2017).
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Jared Satchell.
A Dusted Skipper in Howard Co., Maryland (5/23/2014). Identified by Dick Smith, who notes this may be the first record in the county in 20 years.
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Linda Hunt.
A Dusted Skipper in Howard Co., Maryland (5/23/2014). Identified by Dick Smith, who notes this may be the first record in the county in 20 years.
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Linda Hunt.
Dusted Skipper in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/25/2020). (c) Emily L. Stanley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Emily Stanley.
A Dusted Skipper in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/10/2010).
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Sara Tangren.
Dusted Skipper in Worcester Co., Maryland (5/12/2018). (c) Judy Gallagher, some rights reserved (CC BY).
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Judy Gallagher.
Source: Wikipedia
| Atrytonopsis hianna | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Atrytonopsis |
| Species: | A. hianna
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| Binomial name | |
| Atrytonopsis hianna (Scudder, 1868)
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| Synonyms | |
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Atrytonopsis hianna, the dusted skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the United States from eastern Wyoming, central Colorado, northern New Mexico and central Texas east to New Hampshire and Massachusetts, south to peninsular Florida and the Gulf Coast.
The wingspan is 32–43 mm. There is one generation with adults on from May to June in the north. In the south there are two generations with adults on wing from March to October in Florida.
The larvae feed on Andropogon gerardi and Schizachyrium scoparium.
Subspecies
[edit]- Atrytonopsis hianna hianna
- Atrytonopsis hianna turneri (Kansas, Oklahoma)
References
[edit]- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Atrytonopsis hianna Dusted Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
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