Aaron's Skipper

Aaron's Skipper

Taxobox
name = Aaron's Skipper
status = secure
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Hesperiidae
subfamilia = Hesperiinae
tribus = Poaneini
genus = "Poanes"
species = "P. aaronii"
subspecies = "P. a. aaronii"
trinomial = "Poanes aaronii aaronii"
trinomial_authority = Skinner, 1890

Aaron’s Skipper ("Poanes aaronii aaronii") is a North American butterfly from the skipper family (Hesperiidae) which occurs in salt marshes along the Atlantic coast.

The upper side of the wings are vivid orange, with broad black borders. The underside of the hindwing is a paler orange with a pallid stripe in the center.

The larva feeds exclusively on Smooth Cordgrass ("Spartina alterniflora").

ubspecies

*"P. a. bordeloni" : Bordelon’s Skipper
*"P. a. howardi" : Howard’s Skipper
*"P. a. minimus" : Swamp Skipper

External links

* Pictures on [http://www.vireos.com/aaronsskipper.html Dave’s Home Page.]


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