Lerema accius

Lerema accius
	In Hephzibah, Georgia
Conservation status
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Lerema
Species:	L. accius
Binomial name
	Lerema accius; (Smith, 1797)
Synonyms
	List Papilio accius Smith, 1797; Hesperia monoco Scudder, 1863; Hesperia punctella Grote & Robinson, 1867; Hesperia nortonii Edwards, 1867; Goniloba parumpunctata Herrich-Schäffer, 1869; Hesperia phocylides Plötz, 1882; Papilio curtius (Scudder, 1889) (nom. nud.); Hesperia chamis (Scudder, 1889) (nom. nud.); Hesperia dido Plötz, 1882; Lerema lochius;

Lerema accius, the clouded skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the United States from Georgia west to Texas, south to Florida, and south through Mexico and Central America to Venezuela and Colombia.

The wingspan is 32–45 mm. Adults are on wing year round in Florida and southern Texas.

The larvae feed on various grasses including Saccharum giganteum,^[2] Stenotaphrum secundatum, Erianthus alopecturoides and Echinochloa povietianum. Adults feed on the nectar of various pink, purple, or white flowers, including shepherd's needle, selfheal, vervain, buttonbush and lantana.

Subspecies

Lerema accius accius
Lerema accius lochius (Venezuela)

Photos

Ventral view

References

^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Lerema accius Clouded Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
^ "Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS)". www.fnps.org. Retrieved 2022-10-11.

External links

Butterflies and Moths of North America

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[1] "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Lerema accius Clouded Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

[2] "Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS)". www.fnps.org. Retrieved 2022-10-11.

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