''Polites origenes'', the crossline skipper,
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butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

in the family

Hesperiidae Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea, but have since been placed in the superfamily Papilion ...

. It is found in the eastern United States, excepting Florida, southern Ontario, and Quebec. The

wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ...

is 23–30 mm.Crossline Skipper
Butterflies of Canada There is one generation in Canada from late June into mid-August, with two in the U.S. The larvae feed on grasses, including redtop grass ('' Tridens flavus'') and little bluestem ('' Andropogon scoparius''). Adults feed on flower nectar.

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Crossline Skipper
Butterflies and Moths of North America Butterflies of North America Polites (butterfly) Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius Butterflies described in 1793 Lepidoptera of the United States Lepidoptera of Canada {{Hesperiinae-stub