Conservation Status
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Common and widespread in Alberta; no concerns.
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Cyclicity
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One yealry flight, peaking from early June to late July, depending on habitat.
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Distribution
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Alaska south to New Mexico, east to Manitoba (Scott 1986).
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General Description
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"Upperside brown with a row black submarginal eyesspots set in rust-orange patches. Underside similar, but the hindwing has a broad, lightly contrasting median band bordered by a lighter grey-brown area. Females have a lighter underside and generally more eyespots.
E. mancinus is similar, but lacks all hindwing eyespots, and has a white spot on the ventral hindwing.
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Habitat
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Mesic grasslands and meadows.
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Life Cycle
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The eggs are laid on various substrates near the food plant. Larvae have two short 'tails', and are yellowish-green with a dark dorsal line and yellowish subdorsal and lateral lines. Third and fourth instar larvae hibernate (Scott 1986). Adults have a weak, floppy flight and males patrol meadows in search of females.
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Trophic Strategy
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The larval host plants are unknown. Larvae eat grasses and sedges in captivity (Scott 1986). Adults visit flowers and sip at mud (Layberry et al. 1998).
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