Lerema accius, the clouded skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the United States from Georgia west to Texas, south to Florida, and south through Mexico and Central America to Venezuela and Colombia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Lerema |
| Species: | L. accius
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| Binomial name | |
| Lerema accius (Smith, 1797)
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The wingspan is 32–45 mm. Adults are on wing year round in Florida and southern Texas.
The larvae feed on various grasses including Saccharum giganteum,[2] Stenotaphrum secundatum, Erianthus alopecturoides and Echinochloa povietianum. Adults feed on the nectar of various pink, purple, or white flowers, including shepherd's needle, selfheal, vervain, buttonbush and lantana.
Subspecies
edit- Lerema accius accius
- Lerema accius lochius (Venezuela)
Photos
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References
edit- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Lerema accius Clouded Skipper". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
- ^ "Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS)". www.fnps.org. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
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