Summary ⁷

Horace's Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from Massachusetts, west to eastern South Dakota, south through most of the eastern United States to Florida, the Gulf Coast, and southern Texas, south in the west through south-eastern Utah, Colorado, north-eastern Arizona, and New Mexico. Fringes are brown. Upperside of male forewing is dark brown with little contrast and no white overscaling. Upperside of female forewing is light brown with a...

Habitat ⁸

Comments: From about extreme southern New Jersey southward, almost any kind of forest, woodland, edge or other habitat with oaks and adequate nectar for both broods, including suburban situations. Absent or nearly so from areas such as the pristine sections of the New Jersey Pine Barrens and some xeric southeastern pinelands that lack summer nectar. It is more restricted to xeric rocky areas and barrens north of southern New Jersey. Oak woodlands westward.

National nature serve conservation status ⁹

United States

Sources and Credits

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7. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erynnis_horatius
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More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
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• Butterflies and Moths of North America
• CUIC Insect Images
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• Maryland Biodiversity Project
• Maryland Moths
• Mass Moths
• Moth Photographers Group
• Moths of North Carolina
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• Pacific Northwest Moths

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