| Mottled Duskywing | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Tribe: | Erynnini |
| Genus: | Erynnis |
| Species: | E. martialis |
| Binomial name | |
| Erynnis martialis (Scudder, 1869) |
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Mottled Duskywing (Erynnis martialis) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in most of the eastern United States and in southern Ontario, Quebec, and southeastern Manitoba.[1]
The wingspan is 25–29 mm. There can be two generations from mid-May to late August.[1]
The larvae feed on Ceanothus americanus and Ceanothus fendleri.[2]