| Sonoran skipper | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Polites |
| Species: | P. sonora |
| Binomial name | |
| Polites sonora (Scudder, 1872) | |
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Polites sonora, the Sonoran skipper or western long dash, [1] is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found along the Pacific coast of the U.S., reaching Canada only in the extreme southern interior of British Columbia. [2]
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There is one generation in Canada from mid-July to mid-August in British Columbia. [2]
The larvae feed on grasses, possibly Idaho fescue ( Festuca idahoensis ). [1] [2] Adults feed on nectar from flowers including white-flowered thistles. [3]
