A Clouded Skipper in Washington Co., Maryland (8/30/2008).
Photo by
Steve Collins
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A Clouded Skipper in Baltimore City, Maryland (10/8/2007).
A Clouded Skipper in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/16/2020). Verified by Cliff Ivy/BugGuide.
Clouded Skipper in Talbot Co., Maryland (8/20/2019). (c) jared satchell, all rights reserved.
A Clouded Skipper in Calvert Co., Maryland (10/15/2019).
A Clouded Skipper at Swan Creek, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/5/2012).
A Clouded Skipper at Swan Creek, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/5/2012).
Photo by
Bill Hubick
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A Clouded Skipper in Worcester Co., Maryland (9/12/2013). Determined by Cliff Ivy/BugGuide.
Clouded Skipper in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/15/2017). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
A Clouded Skipper in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (9/27/2014).
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196 Records
Relationships
Host plants include Witchgrass and Thin Paspalum, and various grasses in the genus Echinochloa (Dallas County Lepidopterists' Society and Cech and Tudor, 2005).
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A Clouded Skipper in Washington Co., Maryland (8/30/2008).
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Steve Collins.
A Clouded Skipper in Baltimore City, Maryland (10/8/2007).
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Thomas Wilson.
A Clouded Skipper in Prince George's Co., Maryland (9/16/2020). Verified by Cliff Ivy/BugGuide.
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Media by
Barbara Thurlow.
Clouded Skipper in Talbot Co., Maryland (8/20/2019). (c) jared satchell, all rights reserved.
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Jared Satchell.
A Clouded Skipper in Calvert Co., Maryland (10/15/2019).
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Jason Avery.
A Clouded Skipper at Swan Creek, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/5/2012).
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Media by
Nancy Magnusson.
A Clouded Skipper at Swan Creek, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/5/2012).
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Bill Hubick.
A Clouded Skipper in Worcester Co., Maryland (9/12/2013). Determined by Cliff Ivy/BugGuide.
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Scott Housten.
Clouded Skipper in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (10/15/2017). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Timothy Reichard.
A Clouded Skipper in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (9/27/2014).
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Jim Stasz.
Source: Wikipedia
| Lerema accius | |
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| In Hephzibah, Georgia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Lerema |
| Species: | L. accius
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| Binomial name | |
| Lerema accius (Smith, 1797)
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Lerema accius, the clouded skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the United States from Georgia west to Texas, south to Florida, and south through Mexico and Central America to Venezuela and Colombia.
The wingspan is 32–45 mm. Adults are on wing year round in Florida and southern Texas.
The larvae feed on various grasses including Saccharum giganteum,[2] Stenotaphrum secundatum, Erianthus alopecturoides and Echinochloa povietianum. Adults feed on the nectar of various pink, purple, or white flowers, including shepherd's needle, selfheal, vervain, buttonbush and lantana.
Subspecies
[edit]- Lerema accius accius
- Lerema accius lochius (Venezuela)
Photos
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References
[edit]- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Lerema accius Clouded Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ "Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS)". www.fnps.org. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
External links
[edit]- Butterflies and Moths of North America Archived 2010-09-07 at the Wayback Machine
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