| 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) |
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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.
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.