Sonoran skipper | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Polites |
Species: | P. sonora
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Binomial name | |
Polites sonora (
Scudder, 1872)
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Polites sonora, the Sonoran skipper or western long dash, [1] is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found along the Pacific coast of the U.S., reaching Canada only in the extreme southern interior of British Columbia. [2]
There is one generation in Canada from mid-July to mid-August in British Columbia. [2]
The larvae feed on grasses, possibly Idaho fescue ( Festuca idahoensis). [1] [2] Adults feed on nectar from flowers including white-flowered thistles. [3]