''Poanes massasoit'', the mulberry wing, is a skipper butterfly found in North America.

Distribution

It is found on the

East Coast of the United States The East Coast of the United States, also known as the Eastern Seaboard, the Atlantic Coast, and the Atlantic Seaboard, is the coastline along which the Eastern United States meets the North Atlantic Ocean. The eastern seaboard contains the ...

, in a few states south and southwest of the

Great Lakes The Great Lakes, also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes in the mid-east region of North America that connect to the Atlantic Ocean via the Saint Lawrence River. There are five la ...

, and in southern

Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ...

and

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Government of Canada, Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is ...

.Mulberry Wing
Butterflies of Canada Wingspan is 22–29 mm.

Host plants

Larvae feed on narrow-leafed sedges (''

Carex stricta ''Carex stricta'' is a species of sedge known by the common names upright sedge and tussock sedge. The plant grows in moist marshes, forests and alongside bodies of water.

'') and possibly '' C. aquatilis'', Poaceae, and

Cyperaceae The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus '' Carex'' ...

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References

External links

Mulberry Wing
Butterflies and Moths of North America {{Taxonbar, from=Q693157 Poanes Butterflies of North America Butterflies described in 1864 Taxa named by Samuel Hubbard Scudder