Family Hesperiidae | Genus Polites Rank Species | |
Similar Erynnis afranius, Oarisma garita, Polites sabuleti, Hesperia juba, Hesperia uncas | ||
Polites draco, the draco skipper, Rocky Mountain skipper or dragon skipper, is a butterfly in the Hesperiidae family. It is found on the Rocky Mountain states and provinces from Arizona to the Yukon Territory.
The wingspan is 21–33 mm.
There is one generation with adults on wing from June to early August.
The larvae feed on various grasses. Adults feed on flower nectar.
References
Polites draco Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA