Lerema accius

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Lerema accius
Clouded skipper georgia.jpg
In Hephzibah, Georgia
Status TNC G5.svg
Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Lerema
Species:
L. accius
Binomial name
Lerema accius
(Smith, 1797)
Synonyms
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  • Papilio acciusSmith, 1797
  • Hesperia monocoScudder, 1863
  • Hesperia punctellaGrote & Robinson, 1867
  • Hesperia nortoniiEdwards, 1867
  • Goniloba parumpunctataHerrich-Schäffer, 1869
  • Hesperia phocylidesPlötz, 1882
  • Papilio curtius(Scudder, 1889) (nom. nud.)
  • Hesperia chamis(Scudder, 1889) (nom. nud.)
  • Hesperia didoPlötz, 1882
  • Lerema lochius

Lerema accius, the clouded skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the United States from Georgia west to Texas, south to Florida, and south through Mexico and Central America to Venezuela and Colombia.

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The wingspan is 32–45 mm. Adults are on wing year round in Florida and southern Texas.

The larvae feed on various grasses including Saccharum giganteum , [2] Stenotaphrum secundatum , Erianthus alopecturoides and Echinochloa povietianum . Adults feed on the nectar of various pink, purple, or white flowers, including shepherd's needle, selfheal, vervain, buttonbush and lantana.

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References

  1. "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Lerema accius Clouded Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  2. "Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS)". www.fnps.org. Retrieved 2022-10-11.