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| Dun Skipper |
Latin
Name: Euphyes vestris |
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Genus: Euphyes Species: vestris |
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Comments: |
| The Dun Skipper is a small chocolate brown butterfly with few markings. Although it prefers moist, grassy or sedge-dominated areas associated with deciduous woods, it frequently ventures into surrounding areas, and is periodically encountered in home gardens. Adults have a quick, low flight and dart around erratically over the vegetation. Males occasionally visit damp ground. |
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Life
Cycle: |
Broods: |
two generations |
Egg: |
green, laid singly on host leaves |
Larva: |
green with thin white lines; head is brown with light outer stripes and dark center |
Host Plants: |
various sedges |
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Host
Plants: |
Host
Plants: |
various sedges |
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Habitat: |
Habitat: |
open woodlands, forest edges, roadsides, pastures, utility easements and old fields |
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Wingspan: |
Inches: |
1 - 1.5 |
Centimeters: |
2.5 - 3.8 |
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Appearance: |
Sexes: |
similar; female has small, white forewing spots |
Compare: |
Little Glassywing has distinct glassy white spots on forewing and defined ventral hindwing band. |
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| Markings: |
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Above:
- male is dark chocolate brown with black stigma; female is dark brown with several whitish spots on forewing
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Below:
- brown; typically unmarked hindwing, but occasionally has faint spot band
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Map Legend: Resident (green) | Stray
(Red) |
