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| Sachem |
Latin
Name: Atalopedes campestris |
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Genus: Atalopedes Species: campestris |
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Comments: |
| The Sachem shares its affinity for open, disturbed sites with the Whirlabout and Fiery Skipper with which it often flies. Adults have a quick, darting flight that is usually low to the ground. All three species are somewhat nervous butterflies, but readily congregate at available flowers. Together, they often form a circus of activity with several pausing briefly to perch or nectar before one flies up and disturbs the others, only to alight again moments later. |
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Life
Cycle: |
Broods: |
multiple generations |
Egg: |
white, laid singly on host leaves |
Larva: |
greenish brown with thin, dark dorsal stripe and black head |
Host Plants: |
various grasses including Bermuda Grass and Crabgrass |
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Host
Plants: |
Host
Plants: |
various grasses including Bermuda Grass and Crabgrass |
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Habitat: |
Habitat: |
open, disturbed areas including old fields, pastures, roadsides, parks, lawns and gardens |
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Wingspan: |
Inches: |
1 - 1.5 |
Centimeters: |
2.5 - 3.8 |
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Appearance: |
Sexes: |
dissimilar; female darker with reduced orange markings |
Compare: |
Fiery Skipper and Whirlabout have dark spots on the ventral hindwing. |
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| Markings: |
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Above:
- elongated wings; male is golden orange with brown borders and large, black stigma; female is dark rown with golden markings in wing centers; forewing has black median spot and several semitransparent spots
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Below:
- variable; hindwing golden brown in male, brown in female with pale postmedian patch or band of spots
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Abundance: |
common to abundant |
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Map Legend: Resident (green) | Stray
(Red) |
