Nastra julia

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Nastra julia
Julias skipper (Nastra julia) ventral.jpg
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Nastra
Species:
N. julia
Binomial name
Nastra julia
(Freeman, 1945)
Synonyms
  • Lerodea juliaFreeman, 1945
  • Lerodea hoffmanniBell, 1947

Nastra julia, the Julia's skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America from southern Texas to central Mexico.

The wingspan is 24–29 mm. Adults are on wing year-round in southern Texas and from April to October in the rest of the range.

The larvae feed on Cynodon dactylon . Adults feed on flower nectar.