Atrytonopsis hianna

Atrytonopsis hianna
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukarya
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Hesperiini
Genus:	Atrytonopsis
Species:	A. hianna
Binomial name
Atrytonopsis hianna (Scudder, 1868)
Synonyms
Atrytonopsis grotei (Plötz, 1883) Lerema hianna Atrytonopsis turneri Freeman, 1948

The Dusted Skipper (Atrytonopsis hianna) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found 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 Andropogon scoparius. Adults feed on the nectar from various flowers, including Japanese honeysuckle, wild strawberry, blackberry, wild hyacinth, phlox, vervain and red clover.

Subspecies

• Atrytonopsis hianna hianna
• Atrytonopsis hianna turneri (Kansas, Oklahoma)

External links

• Butterflies and Moths of North America

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