Hesperia pahaska

Hesperia pahaska
Secure
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Hesperia
Species:
H. pahaska
Binomial name
Hesperia pahaska
Leussler, 1938
Subspecies

3 subsp., see text

Synonyms
  • Erynnis comma colorado Dyar, 1903
  • Hesperia comma colorado

Hesperia pahaska, the Pahaska skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.

It is found from North America in a narrow belt of states extending from Texas to North Dakota, just reaching Canada in southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

The wingspan is 28–33 mm. The flight period is from June to early July in the northern U.S. Its habitats include desert grassland, chaparral, open woodland and prairie hills.

The larvae feed on blue grama (Bouteloua gracilis), fluff grass (Erioneuron pulchellum), Poaceae species, and Tridens pulchella.

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.

References

  1. ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2026-03-10.
  2. 1 2 3 Pahaska Skipper, Butterflies of Canada
  3. ↑ "Hesperia pahaska". explorer.natureserve.org.
  4. 1 2 Hesperia, funet.fi