Euphyes bimacula: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Genus
- Euphyes
- Species
- Euphyes bimacula
- Scientific Name
- Euphyes bimacula
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Euphyes bimacula
Euphyes bimacula, the two-spotted skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America, from northeast Colorado and western Nebraska; eastern Nebraska east to southern Quebec; southern Maine south to central Virginia; coastal plain south to Georgia; and the Gulf Coast.
The wingspan is 25–30 mm. They are dark brown on the upperside and pale tawny orange beneath.
The larvae feed on Carex trichocarpa. Adults feed on nectar from flowers including pickerelweed, sweet pepperbush, blue flag, common milkweed, and spiraea.
The species is listed as endangered in Connecticut by state authorities.
...Euphyes bimacula in languages:
- English
- Two-spotted Skipper
- French
- hespérie des marais
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Euphyes antra
- Euphyes arpa
- Euphyes bayensis
- Euphyes berryi
- Euphyes bimacula
- Euphyes canda
- Euphyes chamuli
- Euphyes cherra
- Euphyes conspicua
- Euphyes cornelius
- Euphyes dion
- Euphyes dukesi
- Euphyes fumata
- Euphyes illinois
- Euphyes leptosema
- Euphyes peneia
- Euphyes pilatka
- Euphyes singularis
- Euphyes subferrugineus
- Euphyes vestris






























































































































































