Polites draco

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Draco skipper
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Polites draco in Banff National Park
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Polites
Species:
P. draco
Binomial name
Polites draco
(W.H. Edwards, 1871)

Polites draco, the draco skipper, Rocky Mountain skipper or dragon skipper, [1] is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found on the Rocky Mountain states and provinces from Arizona to the Yukon Territory. [2]

The wingspan is 21–33 mm. [2]

There is one generation with adults on wing from June to early August. [2]

The larvae feed on various grasses. Adults feed on flower nectar. [2]

References

  1. Polites, funet.fi
  2. 1 2 3 4 Draco Skipper, Butterflies of Canada