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North American Ecology (US and Canada) ( الإنجليزية )

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Lerema accius is a year-round resident of the southwestern United States, and is migratory northward into New England, as far north as Iowa, and into southern Arizona and New Mexico from Mexico (Scott 1986). Habitats are grassy fields and open woods. Host plants are multiple species of grasses. There are multiple flights all year is southern Florida and Texas, Feb.1-Nov.30 on the Gulf Coast (Scott 1986).
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Lerema accius ( الإنجليزية )

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Lerema accius, the clouded skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the United States from Georgia west to Texas, south to Florida, and south through Mexico and Central America to Venezuela and Colombia.

The wingspan is 32–45 mm. Adults are on wing year round in Florida and southern Texas.

The larvae feed on various grasses including Saccharum giganteum,[2] Stenotaphrum secundatum, Erianthus alopecturoides and Echinochloa povietianum. Adults feed on the nectar of various pink, purple, or white flowers, including shepherd's needle, selfheal, vervain, buttonbush and lantana.

Subspecies

  • Lerema accius accius
  • Lerema accius lochius (Venezuela)

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References

  1. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Lerema accius Clouded Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS)". www.fnps.org. Retrieved 2022-10-11.

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Lerema accius: Brief Summary ( الإنجليزية )

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Lerema accius, the clouded skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the United States from Georgia west to Texas, south to Florida, and south through Mexico and Central America to Venezuela and Colombia.

The wingspan is 32–45 mm. Adults are on wing year round in Florida and southern Texas.

The larvae feed on various grasses including Saccharum giganteum, Stenotaphrum secundatum, Erianthus alopecturoides and Echinochloa povietianum. Adults feed on the nectar of various pink, purple, or white flowers, including shepherd's needle, selfheal, vervain, buttonbush and lantana.

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