Atalopedes Huron

	Atalopedes Huron ''Atalopedes huron'' is a small grass skipper Grass skippers or banded skippers are butterflies of the subfamily Hesperiinae, part of the skipper family, Hesperiidae. The subfamily was established by Pierre André Latreille in 1809. Description and distribution With over 2,000 described sp ... butterfly. Formerly treated as a subspecies of '' Atalopedes campestris'', it was upgraded to full species status by Zhang et al. in 2022. Description Wingspan is . The males are tawny orange with wide dark borders with prominent wide black stigma on the dorsal view of their wings. Hingwings have dark veins. Females are dark with orange forewing edges; two glassy (hyaline) spots near the center and smaller spots near tip. Ventrally the wings are yellow brown with faint hindwing chevron patterns that frame a yellow brown spot in middle of the hindwing bottom edge. Females are muddier and more olive with the chevron pattern more pronounced. Range Resident in southeastern United States, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Grass Skipper Grass skippers or banded skippers are butterflies of the subfamily Hesperiinae, part of the skipper family, Hesperiidae. The subfamily was established by Pierre André Latreille in 1809. Description and distribution With over 2,000 described species, this is the largest skipper butterfly subfamily and occurs worldwide except in New Zealand. About 50 percent of grass skippers live in the Neotropics. 137 species are native to North America. Around 38 species are native to Australia. Genera ''Ochlodes'' and ''Hesperia'' exist exclusively in the Holarctic. They are usually orange, rust, or brown in colour and have pointed forewings. Many species have dark markings or black stigmas on their forewings. Most members of this subfamily have an oval antenna club with an apiculus on the tip, although '' Carterocephalus'' and '' Piruna'' do not. The antennae generally has a sharp bend. Hesperiinae larvae feed on many different types of grasses and sedges and palms, though some species are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Atalopedes Campestris ''Atalopedes campestris'' (called sachem in the United States and Canada) is a small grass skipper butterfly. It has a wingspan of . Male is orange, edged with brown, and has a large brown-black stigma. Female is darker with lighter markings in the center of the wing. Description The sachem's wingspan is . The sexes are dissimilar but both have elongated wings. The uppersides of the male forewing are orange bordered with brown and have a large four sided black stigma. The color of the uppersides of the female wings are dark brown with golden spots in the center but are highly variable, light to very dark. The uppersides of the female forewing have a black median spot and several semi-transparent spots. Females can always be identified by the square white transparent spot at the end of the forewing cell. Underside of wings on both sexes are variable but the female hindwing is brown with light colored four-sided spots. The sachem is often mistaken for other skipper butterflies i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hesperiini The Hesperiini or branded grass skippers are a tribe (biology), tribe in the Hesperiinae subfamily of skipper butterflies. They are known as branded grass skippers because all the males in this tribe feature a black diagonal ''brand'' of scales on their forewings that exude pheromones to attract females. Some subspecies of Hesperiini, such as Thespius Maacki, are found in high-altitude grasslands in areas like Araçatuba Mountain in Paraná, Brazil. Genera References Hesperiini, Butterfly tribes Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille Taxa described in 1809 {{Hesperiini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]