Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Hesperiidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Euphyes | |
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Similar Euphyes dion, Euphyes, Poanes viator, Polites mystic, Amblyscirtes hegon | ||
Euphyes conspicua, the black dash, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in the upper Midwest of North America, from eastern Nebraska east to southern Ontario and along the central Atlantic Coast from Massachusetts south to south-eastern Virginia.
The wingspan is 32–42 mm. The upperside is black. The underside of the hindwings is reddish brown with a curved band of yellow spots. Adults are on wing from June to August in one generation per year. They feed on the nectar of various flowers.
The larvae feed on Carex stricta and possibly other Carex species.
Subspecies
E. conspicua has three subspecies:
References
Euphyes conspicua Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA