Erynnis lucilius: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Genus
- Erynnis
- Species
- Erynnis lucilius
- Scientific Name
- Erynnis lucilius
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Erynnis lucilius
Erynnis lucilius, the columbine duskywing, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America from southern Quebec to Manitoba and south to the north-eastern United States. It is part of the skipper family because its wings create a skipping pattern.
The wingspan is 21–29 mm (0.83–1.14 in). There are two generations in the east from early May to mid-June.
...Erynnis lucilius in languages:
- English
- Columbine Duskywing
- French
- hespérie de l'ancolie
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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