Amblyscirtes reversa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Amblyscirtes |
Species: | A. reversa |
Binomial name | |
Amblyscirtes reversa F. M. Jones, 1926 | |
Amblyscirtes reversa, the reversed roadside skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. The species was first described by Frank Morton Jones in 1926. [2] It has a scattered distribution from south-eastern Virginia, south to northern Georgia. It is also found in southern Mississippi and southern Illinois.
The wingspan is 29–35 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August. There are two to three generations per year.
The larvae feed on Arundinaria tecta . Adults feed on flower nectar.
Amblyscirtes is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. The genus was erected by Samuel Hubbard Scudder in 1872.
Amblyscirtes aesculapius is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from eastern Oklahoma and eastern Texas, east to south-east Virginia, south along the Atlantic Coast to northern Florida.
Amblyscirtes alternata is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from south-eastern Virginia south to Florida, west to east Texas.
Amblyscirtes belli is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from eastern Kansas, central Oklahoma and central Texas east to south-west Ohio, central Kentucky, eastern Tennessee and western South Carolina.
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.
Amblyscirtes celia is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Texas, south to north-eastern Mexico. Strays to south-western Louisiana.
Amblyscirtes hegon, the pepper-and-salt skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Nova Scotia and Maine, west to southern Manitoba, south to Georgia, northern Florida and south-eastern Texas. It is mostly absent from the coastal plain.
Amblyscirtes vialis is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from British Columbia east across southern Canada to Maine and Nova Scotia, south to central California, northern New Mexico, Texas, the Gulf states and northern Florida.
Amblyscirtes phylace is a species of butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and western Texas to Mexico.
Amblyscirtes simius, the simius roadside skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America from Texas to North Dakota but has been recorded in southern Saskatchewan.
Amblyscirtes oslari, the Oslar's roadside skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America from southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and North Dakota south through the high plains and Rocky Mountains to Arizona, New Mexico, and south Texas.
Amblyscirtes nereus, the slaty roadside skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae.
Amblyscirtes texanae, the Texas roadside skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America.
Amblyscirtes cassus, the cassus roadside skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Amblyscirtes eos, the dotted roadside skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae.
Amblyscirtes tolteca, the toltec roadside skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Amblyscirtes elissa, the elissa roadside skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Amblyscirtes exoteria, the large roadside skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae.
Amblyscirtes aenus, the bronze roadside skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Amblyscirtes fimbriata, the orange-edged roadside skipper, is a species of grass skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae.