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Ancyloxypha Numitor
''Ancyloxypha numitor'', the least skipper, is a North American butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. They have a weak, Satyrinae-like flight.Rick Cech and Guy Tudor (2005). ''Butterflies of the East Coast''. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. Jim P. Brock and Kenn Kaufman (2003). ''Butterflies of North America''. Houghton Mifflin, New York, NY. Description The least skipper's rounded insect wing, wings and slender body are distinctive. Their checkered antenna (biology), antennae have no hooks. Males lack External morphology of Lepidoptera, stigmata. The upper sides of the forewings are dark brownish black sometimes having a patch of orange. The hindwing is orange with a broad dark brownish-black band surrounding the orange area completely. The underside of the wings is orange with the hindwing discal area being a little bit darker. The hindwing veins are whitish. Its wingspan ranges from 17 to 26 mm. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Least Skipper
''Ancyloxypha numitor'', the least skipper, is a North American butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. They have a weak, Satyrinae-like flight.Rick Cech and Guy Tudor (2005). ''Butterflies of the East Coast''. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ. Jim P. Brock and Kenn Kaufman (2003). ''Butterflies of North America''. Houghton Mifflin, New York, NY. Description The least skipper's rounded insect wing, wings and slender body are distinctive. Their checkered antenna (biology), antennae have no hooks. Males lack External morphology of Lepidoptera, stigmata. The upper sides of the forewings are dark brownish black sometimes having a patch of orange. The hindwing is orange with a broad dark brownish-black band surrounding the orange area completely. The underside of the wings is orange with the hindwing discal area being a little bit darker. The hindwing veins are whitish. Its wingspan ranges from 17 to 26 mm. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
