Anatrytone logan

Delaware skipper
On milkweed
On Rudbeckia hirta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Hesperiini
Genus: Anatrytone
Species: A. logan
Binomial name
Anatrytone logan
(W.H. Edwards, 1863)

Anatrytone logan, the Delaware skipper, is a North American butterfly in the family Hesperiidae (skippers), subfamily Hesperiinae (grass skippers). This skipper ranges from the southern Prairies in Canada and southern Ontario and southwards through the midwestern and eastern states in the US.

Description

Both females and males are yellow orange with black borders and dark brown veins. The borders are broader on the front and back edges of the hindwing. "The underside is yellowish orange, lacking any markings except a narrow dark border on the forewing."[1]

Wingspan: 26 to 30 mm.

References and external links

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  1. Delaware Skipper, Butterflies of Canada
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