Family Hesperiidae | Rank Species | |
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Similar Ochlodes sylvanoides, Hesperia colorado, Polites sabuleti, Lycaena helloides, Hesperia | ||
Hesperia juba, the Juba skipper, Yuba skipper, or jagged-border skipper, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in North America from British Columbia, south to southern California, east to Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and north-western New Mexico.
The wingspan is 32–42 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing from May to June and again from August to September.
The larvae feed on Deschampsia elongata, Stipa, Bromus rubens, and Poa pratensis. Adults feed on flower nectar from various flowers, including rabbitbrush.
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