Amblyscirtes carolina

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Amblyscirtes carolina
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Status TNC G3.svg
Vulnerable  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Amblyscirtes
Species:
A. carolina
Binomial name
Amblyscirtes carolina
(Skinner, 1892)
Synonyms
  • Pamphila carolinaSkinner, 1892

Amblyscirtes carolina, the Carolina roadside skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found from south-eastern Virginia, south to South Carolina, west to northern Mississippi. There are disjunct populations in Delaware, southern Illinois and northwest Arkansas.

The wingspan is 29–37 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September. There are three generations per year.

The larvae probably feed on Arundinaria tecta . Adults feed on flower nectar of sweet pepperbush, swamp milkweed, cinquefoil, wild strawberry, blackberry and ironweed.

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References

  1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Amblyscirtes carolina Carolina Roadside-Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 27 September 2020.