Hesperia uncas
| Hesperia uncas | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Hesperia |
| Species: | H. uncas
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| Binomial name | |
| Hesperia uncas W.H. Edwards, 1863
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| Subspecies | |
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4 subspecies, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hesperia uncas, the Uncas skipper or white-vein skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from US Midwest to southern portions of the three Canadian Prairie provinces, north as far as Edmonton, Alberta.[2]
The wingspan is 32–42 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing from May to June and again from August to September, in Canada from mid-June to late July.[2] It is found in sandy areas, open woodlands, and sagebrush.[3]
The larvae feed on Deschampsia elongata, Stipa, Bromus rubens, and Poa pratensis. Adults feed on flower nectar from various flowers, including rabbitbrush, needlegrass (Stipa nevadensis), and blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis).[4]
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically:[4]
- Hesperia uncas fulvapalla Austin & McGuire, 1998
- Hesperia uncas gilberti MacNeill, 1964
- Hesperia uncas giuliani Austin & McGuire, 1998
- Hesperia uncas grandiosa Austin & McGuire, 1998
- Hesperia uncas lasus (Edwards, 1884)
- Hesperia uncas macswaini MacNeill, 1964
- Hesperia uncas reeseorum Austin & McGuire, 1998
- Hesperia uncas terraclivosa Austin & McGuire, 1998
- Hesperia uncas uncas Edwards, 1863
References
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2026-03-10.
- ^ a b Uncas Skipper, Butterflies of Canada
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
- ^ a b Hesperia, funet.fi
External links
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- Uncas Skipper, Butterflies and Moths of North America