Polites sonora

Sonoran Skipper
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Polites
Species: P. sonora
Binomial name
Polites sonora
(Scudder, 1872)
Subspecies
  • P. s. sonora
  • P. s. siris (Edwards, 1881) – Dog Star Skipper
  • P. s. utahensis (Skinner, 1911)
  • P. s. flaviventris Austin, 1998
Synonyms
  • Ochlodes sonora Scudder, 1872

The Sonoran Skipper or Western Long Dash[1] (Polites sonora) is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found along the Pacific coast of the U.S., reaching Canada only in the extreme southern interior of British Columbia.[2]

The wingspan is 25–27 mm.[2]

There is one generation in Canada from mid-July to mid-August in British Columbia.[2]

The larvae feed on grasses, possibly Idaho Fescue (Festuca idahoensis).[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 Polites, funet.fi
  2. 1 2 3 4 Sonoran Skipper, Butterflies of Canada

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