Amblyscirtes reversa, the reversed roadside skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. The species was first described by Frank Morton Jones in 1926.[2] It has a scattered distribution from south-eastern Virginia, south to northern Georgia. It is also found in southern Mississippi and southern Illinois.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Amblyscirtes |
| Species: | A. reversa
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| Binomial name | |
| Amblyscirtes reversa F. M. Jones, 1926
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The wingspan is 29–35 mm. Adults are on wing from April to August. There are two to three generations per year.
The larvae feed on Arundinaria tecta. Adults feed on flower nectar.
References
edit- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Amblyscirtes reversa Reversed Roadside-Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Amblyscirtes reversa Jones, 1926". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 29, 2019.
External links
edit- Lotts, Kelly & Naberhaus, Thomas (2017). "Reversed Roadside-Skipper Amblyscirtes reversa W.M. Jones, 1926". Butterflies and Moths of North America. Retrieved September 29, 2019. Note: This source appears to use the wrong first initial of the author.
- Original description: Jones, Frank Morton (July 1926). "The Rediscovery of Hesperia bulenta Bdl.-Lec., with Notes on other Species (Lepid. Hesperiidae)". Entomological News. 37 (7).
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