| Indian skipper | |
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| On Canada hawkweed | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Hesperia |
| Species: | H. sassacus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hesperia sassacus Harris, 1862 | |
Hesperia sassacus, the Indian skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.
The following subspecies are recognised: [2]
The wingspan is 25–30 mm. The flight period is late May to early July. [3]
It is found from northeastern U.S., and in Canada in southwestern New Brunswick and in a broad band from the Eastern Townships of Quebec through to southern Manitoba. [3]
The larvae feed on nodding fescue ( Festuca obtusa ), poverty grass ( Danthonia spicata ), and panic grass ( Panicum ), Bouteloua , Andropogon , Aristida , and Poaceae species. [3] [4]
