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Hesperia uncas (Uncas Skipper)

Synonyms: Hesperia ridingsii

Wikipedia Abstract

Hesperia uncas, the Uncas skipper or white-vein skipper, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from US Midwest to southern portions of the three Canadian Prairie provinces, north as far as Edmonton, Alberta. The wingspan is 32–42 mm. There are two generations per year with adults on wing from May to June and again from August to September, in Canada from mid-June to late July.
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Infraspecies

Hesperia uncas fulvapalla
Hesperia uncas gilberti
Hesperia uncas giulianii
Hesperia uncas grandiosa
Hesperia uncas lasus
Hesperia uncas macswaini
Hesperia uncas reeseorum
Hesperia uncas terraclivosa
Hesperia uncas uncas

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.063 inches (.027 m)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Badlands National Park II 178535 South Dakota, United States

Prey / Diet

Bouteloua gracilis (Blue grama)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Hesperia leonardus (Leonard's skipper)1
Hesperia pahaska (Pahaska Skipper)1

Predators

Efferia staminea[2]
Stenopogon inquinatus[2]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
♦ 2Predator-Prey Database for the family Asilidae (Hexapoda: Diptera) Prepared by Dr. Robert Lavigne, Professor Emeritus, University of Wyoming, USA and Dr. Jason Londt (Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg)
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0