Amblyscirtes reversa

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Amblyscirtes reversa
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Status TNC G3.svg
Vulnerable  (NatureServe) [1]
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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.

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References

  1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Amblyscirtes reversa Reversed Roadside-Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Amblyscirtes reversa Jones, 1926". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 29, 2019.