Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Hesperiidae Scientific name Poanes viator | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Poanes Rank Species | |
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Similar Poanes, Euphyes dion, Polites origenes, Polites themistocles, Euphyes | ||
Poanes viator, the broad-winged skipper, is a skipper butterfly found in North America.
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Distribution
It ranges from Texas to Florida and along the east coast to Massachusetts and west to southern Quebec and Ontario to the Dakotas.
Host plants
Larva feed on Carex sp. and Phragmites australis.
References
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