| Uncas skipper | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Hesperia |
| Species: | H. uncas |
| Binomial name | |
| Hesperia uncas W.H. Edwards, 1863 | |
| Subspecies | |
4 subspecies, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hesperia uncas, the Uncas skipper or white-vein skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found from US Midwest to southern portions of the three Canadian Prairie provinces, north as far as Edmonton, Alberta. [1]
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The wingspan is 32–42 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing from May to June and again from August to September, in Canada from mid-June to late July. [1] It is found in sandy areas, open woodlands, and sagebrush. [2]
The larvae feed on Deschampsia elongata , Stipa , Bromus rubens , and Poa pratensis . Adults feed on flower nectar from various flowers, including rabbitbrush, needlegrass ( Stipa nevadensis ), and blue grama ( Bouteloua gracilis ). [3]
