Heliopetes ericetorum, the northern white-skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America in the United States from eastern Washington south to western Colorado, southern California and Arizona, and in Baja California in north-western Mexico. The habitat consists of open woodland, chaparral, dry washes, desert mountains and arid lands.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Heliopetes |
| Species: | H. ericetorum
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| Heliopetes ericetorum (Boisduval, 1852)
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Adults are on wing from April to October.[2]
Larvae feed on the leaves of mallow species, including Sphaeralcea, Althaea and Malva species.[2]
References
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- ^ "Heliopetes ericetorum". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
- ^ a b "Butterflies and Moths of North America | collecting and sharing data about Lepidoptera". butterfliesandmoths.org. Retrieved 2014-09-26.