| Rhesus skipper | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Polites |
| Species: | P. rhesus |
| Binomial name | |
| Polites rhesus (W.H. Edwards, 1876) | |
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Polites rhesus, the Rhesus skipper or plains gray skipper, [1] is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America from Texas to North Dakota, as far north, but infrequently, as Saskatchewan and Alberta. [2]
There is one generation in May and June. [2] Its habitats include short-grass and mixed grass prairie. [3]
The larvae feed on grasses, including blue grama ( Bouteloua gracilis ). [2] Adults feed on nectar from flowers including Drummond's milkvetch ( Astragalus drummondii ). [3]
