Erynnis baptisiae, the wild indigo duskywing, is a species of butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America from southern Ontario and New England, west to central Nebraska, and south to Georgia, the Gulf Coast, and south-central Texas.
Erynnis baptisiae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Erynnis |
Species: | E. baptisiae
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Binomial name | |
Erynnis baptisiae (Forbes, 1936)
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Host plants include wild indigo, wild blue indigo, lupine, false lupine, and crown vetch. [2]
References
edit- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Erynnis baptisiae Wild Indigo Duskywing". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Erynnis baptisiae Wild Indigo Duskywing". butterfliesandmoths.org. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
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