Anatrytone logan

Anatrytone logan
Delaware Skipper
Ottawa, Ontario
Delaware Skipper on Rudbeckia hirta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Anatrytone
Species: A. logan
Binomial name
Anatrytone logan
(W.H. Edwards, 1863)

The Delaware Skipper (Anatrytone logan) is a North American butterfly in the family Hesperiidae (skippers), subfamily Hesperiinae (grass skippers). This skipper ranges from the southern Prairies in Canada and southern Ontario and southwards through the midwestern and eastern states in the US.

Description

Both females and males are yellow orange with black borders and dark brown veins. The borders are broader on the front and back edges of the hindwing. "The underside is yellowish orange, lacking any markings except a narrow dark border on the forewing." [1]

Wingspan: 26 to 30 mm.

References and external links

  1. ^ Delaware Skipper, Butterflies of Canada