Polites rhesus

Rhesus Skipper
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Polites
Species: P. rhesus
Binomial name
Polites rhesus
(W.H. Edwards, 1876)
Synonyms
  • Pamphila rhesus Edwards, 1878
  • Hesperia axius Plötz, 1883
  • Chaerephon rhesus Godman & Salvin, [1900]
  • Erynnis rhesus Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 50
  • Yvretta rhesus

The Rhesus Skipper or Plains Gray Skipper [1] (Polites rhesus) is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found from Texas to North Dakota, as far north, but infrequently, as Saskatchewan and Alberta.[2]

The wingspan is 25–30 mm.[2]

There is one generation in May and June.[2]

The larvae feed on grasses, including Blue Grama (Bouteloua gracilis).[2]

References

  1. ↑ Polites, funet.fi
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Rhesus Skipper, Butterflies of Canada

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