Erynnis icelus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Genus
- Erynnis
- Species
- Erynnis icelus
- Scientific Name
- Erynnis icelus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Erynnis icelus
Erynnis icelus, also known as the dreamy duskywing or aspen dusky wing, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in boreal North America.
The wingspan is 29–38 mm. There is one generation with adults on wing from April to early July. There might be a rare second generation in the southern Appalachian Mountains.
The larvae are pale green with multiple white dots. Its heart is visible as a green, middorsal stripe.
The larvae feed on Salix, Populus and sometimes Betula species. Adults feed on nectar from flowers of blueberry, wild strawberry, blackberry, Labrador tea, dogbane, New Jersey tea, winter cress, purple vetch and lupine.
...Erynnis icelus in languages:
- English
- Dreamy Duskywing
- French
- hespérie givrée
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Erynnis afranius
- Erynnis baptisiae
- Erynnis brizo
- Erynnis funeralis
- Erynnis horatius
- Erynnis icelus
- Erynnis invisus
- Erynnis juvenalis
- Erynnis lassauxi
- Erynnis lucilius
- Erynnis marloyi
- Erynnis martialis
- Erynnis mercurius
- Erynnis meridianus
- Erynnis montanus
- Erynnis pacuvius
- Erynnis pelias
- Erynnis persius
- Erynnis popoviana
- Erynnis propertius
- Erynnis scudderi
- Erynnis tages
- Erynnis telemachus
- Erynnis tristis
- Erynnis zarucco