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Clouded Skipper
Lerema accius
33.3804, -81.9549
Field Notes
Description:
Wings are dark brown. Upperside of male forewing has a dark black stigma; female forewing has transparent white spots. Underside of hindwing has dark and light patches and a violet-blue sheen. Wing span is 1 1/4 - 1 3/4 inches (3.2 - 4.5 cm).
Habitat:
Habitat: Forest edges and clearings near rivers and swamps.
Range: Georgia east to Texas; south to Florida; south through Mexico and Central America to Venezuela and Colombia.
This one was nectaring on tall vervain at Phinizy Swamp Nature Park near Augusta, GA.
Notes:
Caterpillar Hosts: Various grasses including St. Augustine grass (Stenotaphrum secundatum), wooly beard grass (Erianthus alopecturoides), and Echinochloa povietianum.
Adult Food: Various pink, purple, or white flowers including shepherd's needle, selfheal, vervain, buttonbush, and lantana.
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